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2. a drop in the bucket九牛一毛- x! x4 `8 }( L% [- l
释义:a very small quantity, especially one that is too small9 Q# j) I& g+ H4 U5 n6 G" x) L
例句:Their contributions are just a drop in the bucket.
' E( h/ a! E" Q9 q The new church wing will cost thousands more. 6 ^5 l2 p$ ]. V$ C
他们的捐献可谓是杯水车薪,教堂的新侧厅还得花好几千
$ L# b9 n: T3 z" q 才行呢。
4 Y4 \4 c, e& Z! o) d 典故:《以赛亚书》(Isaiah)第40章12节中有这样一段话:' m1 s' M1 \* m2 e- q
...who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and
$ h( ]; J, |' U5 Q meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of # ~9 `+ L* h2 Z
the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and : |& K$ ?, V: z8 D3 A6 o% A7 |( F5 ^1 E
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
6 h3 c q2 r4 i1 L5 s4 C h) b' X 山岭,用天平平冈陵呢?
. b2 r; e% e, |) b0 b 然后在14节又说:
3 i8 k% Y6 m' B# J2 p* w: ? Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as 3 ?. Q& Y8 [- j+ f! y
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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