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2. a drop in the bucket九牛一毛5 T* w. G7 B, [; I( K
释义:a very small quantity, especially one that is too small; N) |0 ~' @. C3 N# }
例句:Their contributions are just a drop in the bucket. ) Y- g' N; M7 N* G# m* n2 D
The new church wing will cost thousands more.
' N1 u5 W# R& ^% ^ 他们的捐献可谓是杯水车薪,教堂的新侧厅还得花好几千
1 q; _: r8 v; ], Z' c, O 才行呢。
0 V9 s7 X$ J. ]0 A0 X3 z6 g* B" r 典故:《以赛亚书》(Isaiah)第40章12节中有这样一段话:
+ l/ I! n0 Z% }& ~ ...who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and
7 `9 h) |1 {9 D0 p meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of
( u4 ~" ]0 V. g# O, j3 z: V* g the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and ' d5 ?( h, n: }3 p: J& k
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
5 a9 m0 \$ z8 V 山岭,用天平平冈陵呢?
, w( B- R# m5 @ 然后在14节又说:5 s0 c9 c: L$ H' `
Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as
- E1 b- @! V" o) J 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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