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2. a drop in the bucket九牛一毛
$ ]3 r6 i1 B. o; a! a 释义:a very small quantity, especially one that is too small
+ A" e8 f1 K0 B 例句:Their contributions are just a drop in the bucket.
. l: B' [7 `, k6 x The new church wing will cost thousands more.
( s5 y- K# J1 N& V 他们的捐献可谓是杯水车薪,教堂的新侧厅还得花好几千
6 e9 T8 ?, ]6 ~& T 才行呢。 - v* F V1 F& ~2 d) l' \
典故:《以赛亚书》(Isaiah)第40章12节中有这样一段话:
' S3 X2 h( h+ u0 ~) E1 X7 w K ...who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and
+ r5 r( g* ~; ^) E$ [: U# B+ k meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of ( R$ O! a3 X- G
the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and
2 v9 c$ C, P3 ?; Y+ z the hills in a balance? 谁能用手心量诸水, 用手虎口量苍天,用升斗盛大地的尘土,用秤称# s9 t8 M) s8 E0 `. Z
山岭,用天平平冈陵呢?, X6 G+ y' u& S X+ p' @
然后在14节又说:+ E; y! _7 o7 J" B% u8 c, I
Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as ) G$ I; A8 K! j9 M4 s
the small dust of the balance... 看哪!万民都像水桶中的一滴,又算如天平上的微尘。······ |
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