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2. a drop in the bucket九牛一毛- r+ W. y4 |8 P, y v
释义:a very small quantity, especially one that is too small- i& Y6 R/ @6 z; @; D; _4 Z d
例句:Their contributions are just a drop in the bucket. 1 ?3 X: s7 T( P z: T+ T" \
The new church wing will cost thousands more.
+ Y- q; m! ~ u7 ?8 D1 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
# z! z0 O! D. B% K$ y, ` 才行呢。 : ? v7 B' h# S
典故:《以赛亚书》(Isaiah)第40章12节中有这样一段话:
9 L4 C* X: e- y/ ~1 R: P ...who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and + \: {- q" P/ d7 W
meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of
* R7 f, U. ]* @* b3 n/ k! | the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and , c3 a" }4 O3 c) d) B
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
. H; D* c+ w' L 山岭,用天平平冈陵呢?
* G' A) q1 d7 a 然后在14节又说:
# E* [# y1 M3 j5 @ W Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as
# A- f+ D8 ~4 e& o9 y 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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