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2. a drop in the bucket九牛一毛* k" M# L, d3 g% f, L
释义:a very small quantity, especially one that is too small
! s6 G% P0 O/ O7 U5 M* N 例句:Their contributions are just a drop in the bucket.
0 I" z3 I- V8 w; H The new church wing will cost thousands more. 2 [4 ?5 X' E8 `) }0 N/ C
他们的捐献可谓是杯水车薪,教堂的新侧厅还得花好几千6 ]6 i! j3 ]8 M0 D; d- C% t
才行呢。 * n; p3 j( _ K* v$ U
典故:《以赛亚书》(Isaiah)第40章12节中有这样一段话:
' }! a" R8 N# K* h6 M ...who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and
; q* H& h7 w4 y meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of 1 t0 |8 c" z7 Y6 G7 i. Z+ e
the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and ( ~) w. Q: e+ i0 x7 l
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, T1 p& ?- g/ T: G+ S' y# |% x
山岭,用天平平冈陵呢?
, y$ S5 q* N: ~ 然后在14节又说:
/ n! T: w( ~. I Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as / _( t: I7 V) u3 N( 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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