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2. a drop in the bucket九牛一毛( s g6 Z5 I/ ~! h9 A, t. w
释义:a very small quantity, especially one that is too small1 T' S8 Q; @1 l' d
例句:Their contributions are just a drop in the bucket.
4 P4 F/ Y! s |6 x The new church wing will cost thousands more.
4 I& \$ x* T5 v. [3 \8 ]: c' u/ 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+ n" Z4 M% i7 L% f( f
才行呢。
$ u, n2 s- a6 `- s- F, Y; C 典故:《以赛亚书》(Isaiah)第40章12节中有这样一段话:! q! e& M4 @6 P v, h; F
...who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and : x: Z2 |& J& Q7 U+ a2 m
meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of ; v) R1 I" ~) r7 ~+ Q
the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and , z" {/ T5 M1 Q4 C: e
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) t; I, ~9 E* T" r3 {
山岭,用天平平冈陵呢? }1 s& S3 R& B* Z- S8 V) Z
然后在14节又说:
6 _+ `9 a/ R# s1 l$ y; x4 ^" f Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as ! n4 O8 Z* e" W
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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