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2. a drop in the bucket九牛一毛% Q) Z* a& X4 v% _) h
释义:a very small quantity, especially one that is too small a0 k+ W: }; ], z
例句:Their contributions are just a drop in the bucket. / V, V7 J, Z8 ~
The new church wing will cost thousands more.
* w! F$ H6 u: @. y 他们的捐献可谓是杯水车薪,教堂的新侧厅还得花好几千, ]7 b9 e* ?; M0 n/ I2 O8 X
才行呢。
. K* x( t, K- c* c 典故:《以赛亚书》(Isaiah)第40章12节中有这样一段话:$ i0 b9 E- a+ m R% k
...who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and % u i5 B( F2 s* e9 {3 W
meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of . m/ e# P; w/ R+ r# W
the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and
~! e- z) ^6 X, m' @ 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1 H3 D9 H4 w# a* s
山岭,用天平平冈陵呢?
7 @1 f+ ~+ T' _) p3 }, M/ k& ?/ ], o 然后在14节又说:
" }9 u1 d! R" I [ Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as . A( \/ F$ e: w; |2 v$ `# E
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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