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2. a drop in the bucket九牛一毛7 n Y! [* Z0 c2 ?# w; E
释义:a very small quantity, especially one that is too small
; n* Q8 Z$ k1 [4 _# k 例句:Their contributions are just a drop in the bucket.
0 @/ j0 X8 D9 ^+ v+ e9 X9 }* l% n The new church wing will cost thousands more. . [% s) T' Z! a
他们的捐献可谓是杯水车薪,教堂的新侧厅还得花好几千
- L2 W4 S; k ]/ f5 Y1 W0 l 才行呢。 / V" m, V- e4 L/ P& R
典故:《以赛亚书》(Isaiah)第40章12节中有这样一段话: i' x, [( u2 O; e5 D5 P3 W, I3 S
...who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and
5 I, k, p* U7 x& ` u# F meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of
+ H+ @& W! Y" ], b9 o( M0 e, b3 D the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and 8 L3 t& D/ h) x+ D7 @
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
' v0 J3 O1 |' @ 山岭,用天平平冈陵呢?. _! k& q- \' E- X7 i
然后在14节又说:9 A( ?3 Y( `( t% S/ y2 e) B
Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as
7 ~/ H, e4 c* J/ [7 }7 M: o 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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