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2. a drop in the bucket九牛一毛
; Y; P/ {# ^+ N- \2 w 释义:a very small quantity, especially one that is too small/ v5 h# [0 d% r9 o- i, C; B
例句:Their contributions are just a drop in the bucket. 2 M6 z+ ^7 T. x" g7 T$ p7 g
The new church wing will cost thousands more. 3 ?) L* P/ A4 I4 U) p, u2 {+ z9 W4 x
他们的捐献可谓是杯水车薪,教堂的新侧厅还得花好几千1 M2 n/ u' n: v' f
才行呢。
: \5 m8 F+ A7 |, L8 p0 a 典故:《以赛亚书》(Isaiah)第40章12节中有这样一段话:& |3 t5 Q+ x6 u, t; }
...who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and
7 j9 s3 k" h: O% i meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of
: z1 _) I x' Z the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and + q3 l# j- l0 Z' Y% t: \: ]
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
- r3 n/ g) N& W 山岭,用天平平冈陵呢?7 v) v5 | T: o& J& F- {
然后在14节又说:8 p, X& _9 L& I( G+ O% R$ A& m" z
Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as & G: U5 s' f8 e5 ]+ q3 }
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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