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2. a drop in the bucket九牛一毛, w4 b9 e! A+ a+ w4 b
释义:a very small quantity, especially one that is too small
/ T. }1 o1 Y, X! n 例句:Their contributions are just a drop in the bucket. ( Z# O; z! T$ q6 l, G, o2 d- Q
The new church wing will cost thousands more.
6 F$ U/ H/ v" Z A0 w% I. @ 他们的捐献可谓是杯水车薪,教堂的新侧厅还得花好几千* s) E# ?2 M6 V. D
才行呢。
- M: Y' I9 t( u" p5 p/ M5 F 典故:《以赛亚书》(Isaiah)第40章12节中有这样一段话:7 W. b0 ~3 C N- U# L6 \$ M
...who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and
1 `$ d: H, M( t$ R: f meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of
, E4 L& }# s i: \0 S9 g* }+ c# q the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and ; G4 F! c3 h; y
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 V% c1 m- l& x+ E8 b 山岭,用天平平冈陵呢?+ w$ b6 k% g5 N5 h/ Q, [
然后在14节又说:
8 d0 @; u: w2 Y6 [ Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as 7 f) v6 a# a- _' S
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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