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2. a drop in the bucket九牛一毛
* j5 z+ \8 D% j2 C* z; D 释义:a very small quantity, especially one that is too small% C8 _3 \# U, H0 ?
例句:Their contributions are just a drop in the bucket.
8 y+ @% B8 a' [7 b! k8 E' M The new church wing will cost thousands more.
0 B( L- G# o, O8 F% B% @0 R 他们的捐献可谓是杯水车薪,教堂的新侧厅还得花好几千* [# U9 ^3 R+ ]' T2 w! i/ }
才行呢。 : p+ E Z% `, N T& e
典故:《以赛亚书》(Isaiah)第40章12节中有这样一段话:7 L/ g( P- v X6 u
...who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and
3 }5 i. j, `: g9 W& o3 I$ ~ meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of
- V! H! L( ] W, Q% z the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and 7 m- y) b7 n/ {) M( _1 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
6 K* s1 U: D2 N 山岭,用天平平冈陵呢?' q- ~3 R; O; {
然后在14节又说:2 T+ a+ T+ ]( s) P8 ?0 S# e8 A# ^5 U
Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as
) E, C+ W! o) z 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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