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2. a drop in the bucket九牛一毛
- m( c% \, {5 i5 X 释义:a very small quantity, especially one that is too small& F" y4 | Z: }, V( I% W
例句:Their contributions are just a drop in the bucket.
& Z6 s+ m& N" H2 ~6 M0 m7 N. u The new church wing will cost thousands more.
' R6 \- l" X! `7 O! d7 }" X 他们的捐献可谓是杯水车薪,教堂的新侧厅还得花好几千
/ v. f, ]: n& u$ e5 G 才行呢。
, H9 G$ \* Z+ U 典故:《以赛亚书》(Isaiah)第40章12节中有这样一段话:
$ V1 w" f* N. t7 w ...who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and ' p- I$ C9 T6 L9 z4 X
meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of
4 q/ Q O4 K: S1 G5 Z m* t, s: E/ O the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and
/ q* U; R5 i4 y4 ^1 ^ 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& g/ S2 y( Z+ t, `! R+ G$ Y+ n
山岭,用天平平冈陵呢?
; I! B- _4 [) s$ Y. D 然后在14节又说:
: [. t: I Y6 o) u Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as
v% S* r5 c/ x: l, E9 {1 m* V 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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