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2. a drop in the bucket九牛一毛6 M4 ?* @0 G, P" D' A& {
释义:a very small quantity, especially one that is too small4 r7 R# ^3 G! {* U
例句:Their contributions are just a drop in the bucket. 1 S7 l9 V! y. ]2 |, r# `! X
The new church wing will cost thousands more.
$ @ }, a* C7 p; Q9 O: d7 W# m 他们的捐献可谓是杯水车薪,教堂的新侧厅还得花好几千% |! t+ P9 q! V& P {# x
才行呢。
; r( }+ s- X/ g0 {4 z 典故:《以赛亚书》(Isaiah)第40章12节中有这样一段话:
1 i+ f8 G* ~4 J) S S0 T ...who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and 7 l) h5 l% p% h! `0 O: O, R
meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of ) [5 y. i0 Z4 r+ H- k, U- }
the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and
4 A3 }" C' v* E( q) E4 q; W& ~: 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% T1 S" u0 T% r: g, @
山岭,用天平平冈陵呢?) u6 H1 o. n2 ]
然后在14节又说: y1 q/ G7 b: J6 n9 V7 \0 s6 u
Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as
& \4 E( A/ K) c+ a) V/ s) { 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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