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2. a drop in the bucket九牛一毛$ O, n& f- Q- {4 {
释义:a very small quantity, especially one that is too small
1 g5 g2 I, \ P* r' l 例句:Their contributions are just a drop in the bucket.
, @7 W6 k) y; G The new church wing will cost thousands more. 5 h7 m$ `8 H* v6 S
他们的捐献可谓是杯水车薪,教堂的新侧厅还得花好几千: P( n/ _$ N- k H
才行呢。
: Z' M8 w: Q1 n8 N- M 典故:《以赛亚书》(Isaiah)第40章12节中有这样一段话:
J6 q7 S8 O) ~% `8 u2 ` ...who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and
# r6 P6 O3 u0 d4 A+ K meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of
, P; g3 @, q4 f' P/ M1 }; h% T6 T the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and : q4 p- |9 c. N! ^' N k0 g
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( n5 ]( a. z _0 t
山岭,用天平平冈陵呢?3 i# F- H( Q4 k, m8 g9 O, ^
然后在14节又说:
" V, ^% L2 D+ b7 }* c Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as z# a" R) | D" X# p- g& g
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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