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2. a drop in the bucket九牛一毛! y/ Y. G8 k, x, Q4 E, g$ M
释义:a very small quantity, especially one that is too small
3 j; o6 E/ e2 e' H 例句:Their contributions are just a drop in the bucket. $ g D6 _" ^ |, R* G# g
The new church wing will cost thousands more.
1 [, ` l- w/ y1 f+ S c6 W- 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
5 F2 G8 v& a7 W5 }2 r! H2 l 才行呢。 , H, r0 f! I# a0 s+ @& ]
典故:《以赛亚书》(Isaiah)第40章12节中有这样一段话:, [3 A9 o- `1 u! N5 n* i5 W
...who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and
' |8 W# E2 m9 k3 R8 a2 U- d meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of 2 ^# }, p' ]; t* }2 q4 ^! q
the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and ( c! k/ F4 m: x% {" R: u+ z# 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
/ r+ G3 Y6 i! V 山岭,用天平平冈陵呢?3 s' Y+ ~2 x: h+ t
然后在14节又说:
6 s: I: v# f5 I/ @5 y/ h0 Q; c8 q- h Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as 7 [% m) _: @0 a- [
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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