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2. a drop in the bucket九牛一毛& D( |# a" Y2 R: j! @/ x* L0 A
释义:a very small quantity, especially one that is too small, ^0 g& w, v" N
例句:Their contributions are just a drop in the bucket. ! I+ l6 u9 v4 V0 _, S
The new church wing will cost thousands more. 4 s# u2 [- J" v7 I& n
他们的捐献可谓是杯水车薪,教堂的新侧厅还得花好几千8 j$ v! H N8 y
才行呢。 5 A6 `5 a; e/ F k9 ^' g M( I
典故:《以赛亚书》(Isaiah)第40章12节中有这样一段话:' t, b$ `3 \1 a; u/ F7 z
...who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and ( B9 V$ G' a) }4 x- j* \7 c
meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of
/ w0 c* f: S! }1 a5 r8 ~ the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and A- r$ n5 m6 _6 x2 Q! x) ^
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
7 H1 S. }) Z; N 山岭,用天平平冈陵呢?6 M- S' O( Z7 n" V) j) ?1 P' E
然后在14节又说:
8 f3 e! t/ k7 M' Q. H, P4 w Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as
: d) T4 W( i# P+ Q 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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