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2. a drop in the bucket九牛一毛' F9 ]. S8 S6 ]
释义:a very small quantity, especially one that is too small
- m, |6 N5 C; d5 W9 F2 i 例句:Their contributions are just a drop in the bucket. P- @/ X0 x( [
The new church wing will cost thousands more.
$ n, }! |/ C$ h 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 Q$ H E5 c* t1 l1 K5 {/ [
才行呢。 # G8 f" r# J8 X/ T. o5 [& Q3 z
典故:《以赛亚书》(Isaiah)第40章12节中有这样一段话:
( }+ _, F/ K C! W ...who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and 1 r; L3 D% N# h- P7 ~, I( P
meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of . k4 N. W; X- K8 [; j8 d7 r/ `' {4 S
the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and . ^2 u( M- c8 ]# k
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
- Z7 q, R' n& A2 b% V5 a/ M 山岭,用天平平冈陵呢?- ^# f+ o, b ?" J# {7 r0 s
然后在14节又说:
g4 I! a2 x0 c/ v0 [# V Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as % k* F" T* b ^7 z# ?# V9 R
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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