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2. a drop in the bucket九牛一毛
" e3 M9 j! {! T/ a' g: j m( ]* X: ^ 释义:a very small quantity, especially one that is too small
8 z7 t' W& G v- C( N6 y; c; V2 f: ~ 例句:Their contributions are just a drop in the bucket. , v$ X: W, ?' P
The new church wing will cost thousands more.
* [4 v, \, z; G7 I+ a" z 他们的捐献可谓是杯水车薪,教堂的新侧厅还得花好几千5 \3 Y1 C6 \. h
才行呢。
. ^2 v8 C" s6 E8 p; Q' w4 p 典故:《以赛亚书》(Isaiah)第40章12节中有这样一段话:) n& |' X" Z7 F
...who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and
8 I: a; I) t' J( y meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of * k( ^% P+ e; H8 K( h: \
the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and
, D& W( j2 I f8 N! Y7 B 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' I9 p/ F, m* k+ c2 y( r9 S
山岭,用天平平冈陵呢?
[& M0 k3 ], e1 j4 h) u; { 然后在14节又说:
. f' `; h" `% z. v+ X Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as
; W+ Q6 q9 |- |5 r( w7 X 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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