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2. a drop in the bucket九牛一毛
2 q" ~( m3 `# d: y [$ j 释义:a very small quantity, especially one that is too small
, D, s! i2 d0 m/ d 例句:Their contributions are just a drop in the bucket.
- \$ J" Z# w c% f6 h The new church wing will cost thousands more.
5 w" \3 C: I) ?" B 他们的捐献可谓是杯水车薪,教堂的新侧厅还得花好几千* m1 M" ?7 |. `" J1 {$ q# Z' r4 D
才行呢。 9 k. ~* j: i/ q% h. `- Z
典故:《以赛亚书》(Isaiah)第40章12节中有这样一段话:
, j5 h+ B" w* D. D7 |$ x ...who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and 4 q' M ^) F* b! q, c! H0 {. j
meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of
" ^& k* f \% w8 a! P the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and
, e% ]# V1 b. q N4 E. S 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
3 W4 d0 @0 k, ~% v8 P 山岭,用天平平冈陵呢?
- k) X9 {& i; C! J- w+ ~5 u0 u 然后在14节又说:
( O) J' b2 h* o' f9 b; }1 Z Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as
; a/ d$ [+ T2 t0 g2 K* ` 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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