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2. a drop in the bucket九牛一毛* K0 f9 \; \0 h% E3 q
释义:a very small quantity, especially one that is too small/ c, n% k: a. @
例句:Their contributions are just a drop in the bucket.
! h7 h1 M: ~1 i: } The new church wing will cost thousands more. , g3 T# {& o& _7 J s- B& | w$ ?5 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
: b) _/ _7 `( \! h# O3 Y8 ^' c 才行呢。 ! [* P( R, X5 D8 n& ]
典故:《以赛亚书》(Isaiah)第40章12节中有这样一段话:0 W K# w: ] R- f
...who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and
0 b" R' r/ N C+ _; {% w6 V5 k meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of * O) h4 d1 d/ S$ z. I
the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and 9 b$ X, h, w# j6 @# e3 O4 r: D
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 K( D5 b! b" \2 } 山岭,用天平平冈陵呢?5 {. C2 q' t& H$ b0 ^
然后在14节又说:
# {* i O$ R; @/ @' h Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as ( R% P! d$ ]4 A+ s! H- {( [
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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