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2. a drop in the bucket九牛一毛
6 q3 _8 A. u [% y/ u 释义:a very small quantity, especially one that is too small4 \9 B5 w/ d; E" I
例句:Their contributions are just a drop in the bucket. + ^* X. Y1 |( u3 A1 {, \
The new church wing will cost thousands more.
, _* ?$ O, K, M# P. L8 B# _ 他们的捐献可谓是杯水车薪,教堂的新侧厅还得花好几千
& K" Q8 P$ q& k! W 才行呢。
; C1 B3 f q, }0 V; Z 典故:《以赛亚书》(Isaiah)第40章12节中有这样一段话:
, _* @8 G8 t8 e" u, X ...who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and ( a% i# U3 S5 c1 i0 a% ^' C7 g2 y
meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of : r- U" V2 {. \# ^
the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and 1 b: Q3 R+ p$ ~
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
9 x: X& _( X L 山岭,用天平平冈陵呢?
6 x- u8 H9 e4 y: l3 G9 _* c# v 然后在14节又说:/ Y5 A3 f6 p% S8 M
Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as $ S9 v7 ~. n1 C% c4 x& P
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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