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2. a drop in the bucket九牛一毛6 ^5 V4 V7 P/ {1 C- {6 [
释义:a very small quantity, especially one that is too small! Z. p S- r' I1 e
例句:Their contributions are just a drop in the bucket. / O7 ~2 o; j$ c
The new church wing will cost thousands more. 4 W* J* E% U1 S; V
他们的捐献可谓是杯水车薪,教堂的新侧厅还得花好几千
. _5 }# d6 ]: S2 f0 b* f7 Y% } 才行呢。 & m4 B7 {# O8 ?7 m
典故:《以赛亚书》(Isaiah)第40章12节中有这样一段话:
" T8 c6 P' Y1 R$ R; p1 V1 n ...who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and 4 l6 F4 \, |7 m& A p, ^
meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of , e7 }$ C' z$ }5 p3 p/ w/ C% p
the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and 2 a& Z: \, ~3 H/ F
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
) p( _4 i: J4 C6 ^+ m 山岭,用天平平冈陵呢?, n; h3 U+ P( @! m; y! _& Z
然后在14节又说:
8 p. g5 D3 U0 D/ p* @ Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as
+ {0 z3 Q& U8 o1 a 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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