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2. a drop in the bucket九牛一毛
# n( V+ V& r% M- `" I 释义:a very small quantity, especially one that is too small
3 A0 k; b9 N8 b8 h2 ^+ P: ?% B% ^ 例句:Their contributions are just a drop in the bucket.
& S# u2 {% w3 E: f1 C; i' E The new church wing will cost thousands more. / `. y, u& Z( }, L0 A; j
他们的捐献可谓是杯水车薪,教堂的新侧厅还得花好几千
! r e) q; S `% b 才行呢。 4 }6 q c$ g$ l6 O
典故:《以赛亚书》(Isaiah)第40章12节中有这样一段话:3 V9 u4 X2 D# t- |/ h4 l7 ~
...who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and
& F+ `- i" P( } meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of ) \. I: J0 {% u# {5 m
the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and
; m9 m. G d) X7 l4 }, S& x' 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
* u R: ~8 Q; r2 ? 山岭,用天平平冈陵呢?
$ Y# G1 S& C+ U0 G 然后在14节又说:
2 i% p4 n. x. D/ U Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as
1 u1 K, q* o) }$ A 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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