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2. a drop in the bucket九牛一毛
, i2 C; O1 k- B, N 释义:a very small quantity, especially one that is too small) ^5 U' ^) u1 K* c3 ?
例句:Their contributions are just a drop in the bucket.
# o9 a& m0 A* D( ^) n! |/ P The new church wing will cost thousands more.
' J- j8 r3 T6 S! V5 [: {' @- _ 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 I* p& X& b% M2 V
才行呢。
9 L& T' Z, \8 M& p# r; w0 ^1 p( x2 G 典故:《以赛亚书》(Isaiah)第40章12节中有这样一段话:( o5 \ H/ ?! A" T$ e
...who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and 9 |3 n1 S: ^4 F" ~, Q' E2 N/ Y& w
meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of
G8 b5 c0 k' j' X I f the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and
% S+ R; G8 ~% | 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
1 T7 h I& d7 M' q! l, [; N0 L 山岭,用天平平冈陵呢?
. a. u$ V6 T! V( d 然后在14节又说:
2 m' N& O2 _4 v+ t) U2 S! s Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as @, q& Q7 Z+ a" n
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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