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2. a drop in the bucket九牛一毛
4 f9 g! G0 T% r2 h6 d 释义:a very small quantity, especially one that is too small% b+ m6 z& o7 J4 p$ O7 ^
例句:Their contributions are just a drop in the bucket. ) E7 ]% R* f! e. T# M# @5 W
The new church wing will cost thousands more. * n+ H8 e3 M& v x- `, y
他们的捐献可谓是杯水车薪,教堂的新侧厅还得花好几千7 h; u) a) r3 E, C
才行呢。
@. ?8 \6 G C4 n3 P; ?. u 典故:《以赛亚书》(Isaiah)第40章12节中有这样一段话:+ g7 }, a7 E# F" ~' ^" `) Y
...who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and $ r. g! J$ k6 T2 C. @, C ^1 B" A
meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of
) c4 V+ F v4 g0 j7 k8 U the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and , ^9 r$ P8 K& 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
/ F" ~+ E9 F: m& r% y+ j: E5 Z; } 山岭,用天平平冈陵呢?( A" a; @6 C9 F# I( P5 |
然后在14节又说:
, ^7 U Z) t" k' ?, g( Z& X( j Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as 9 C( s% n7 e+ [& X
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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