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2. a drop in the bucket九牛一毛" E- `% l _7 L
释义:a very small quantity, especially one that is too small
8 F/ S$ s% z6 s+ W& h* L. l 例句:Their contributions are just a drop in the bucket.
0 s9 U# I- l; k/ E% E The new church wing will cost thousands more. 9 ~* _$ I. z% C" n5 @2 T4 Y4 x# G' k
他们的捐献可谓是杯水车薪,教堂的新侧厅还得花好几千0 r' B, I/ d5 p' w/ }/ {# H0 ?
才行呢。
7 r$ g( F, J& N+ e- B$ { 典故:《以赛亚书》(Isaiah)第40章12节中有这样一段话:. ?+ E E: w* r: a' O0 F- l1 u" ~
...who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and
3 y" W" r+ M+ [ meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of & J0 {$ K$ }. _+ x6 B, m) N
the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and * r9 S7 V, ]9 D4 A. [: @% Y3 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
9 ?- u9 z1 n; B5 `/ p7 s2 e! W 山岭,用天平平冈陵呢?* x w3 n" g! }# B. f
然后在14节又说:
9 F1 C6 L- d# H8 t8 E3 q Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as 4 E7 h" B% |5 _6 I0 |1 A/ W, ?
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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