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2. a drop in the bucket九牛一毛
: }& C# Z: j" D5 o D 释义:a very small quantity, especially one that is too small( }( F# Q6 a6 U
例句:Their contributions are just a drop in the bucket.
1 @% G0 k5 } ?% V% Y/ u# X+ F6 A The new church wing will cost thousands more. ! P4 m$ a8 @+ I8 B9 P
他们的捐献可谓是杯水车薪,教堂的新侧厅还得花好几千% R7 A5 I3 s, [" w( F p) z. o
才行呢。 ) ?8 k5 Q! Y( s& j F
典故:《以赛亚书》(Isaiah)第40章12节中有这样一段话:
# {1 H$ W- r. a- W$ o0 ?4 E5 w ...who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and * V6 e; B; ?. s& P; z* E
meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of
' a# i: H+ p, q' e' I5 Z/ l the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and
' u, ~; E; b/ I, H+ b8 ^ 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
+ q0 v% z) I, _2 l5 t# q 山岭,用天平平冈陵呢?2 T9 ?. ?/ L2 H' v4 y0 B/ U
然后在14节又说:
" H' p4 B$ A, r) G Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as
/ r: d- s( b; i8 V 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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