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2. a drop in the bucket九牛一毛
& Z' s9 @ i3 B$ Z/ j* L 释义:a very small quantity, especially one that is too small# \9 \7 S G" W7 m( X4 D, C7 o
例句:Their contributions are just a drop in the bucket. $ F. d7 q. ^4 d8 q3 C, m
The new church wing will cost thousands more.
# k8 P. ~; l5 ~# x 他们的捐献可谓是杯水车薪,教堂的新侧厅还得花好几千
2 R, Z( C A; E& Z$ p" U 才行呢。 & T7 U# v- ~5 `( l
典故:《以赛亚书》(Isaiah)第40章12节中有这样一段话:/ l. Q2 r7 N$ t" Z* d
...who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and * L9 D% t4 K' l/ T1 s8 q7 J
meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of ' h. |6 v* s$ R# o, r
the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and
5 ^% s) J/ r: e6 @& `; C 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 @, g" L* c* a6 g3 M+ `
山岭,用天平平冈陵呢? B0 ~7 Y! ^9 x
然后在14节又说:
8 P; V9 c5 I$ G: P2 k" o* f! e Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as # i! S0 l0 x$ J& o5 v5 `
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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