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2. a drop in the bucket九牛一毛, `5 l. a1 O+ _9 A
释义:a very small quantity, especially one that is too small) t8 v( }: l' L5 M3 B* V
例句:Their contributions are just a drop in the bucket. : [/ y0 D2 k" R% q
The new church wing will cost thousands more.
* Q- K" z u; n" L" U* z 他们的捐献可谓是杯水车薪,教堂的新侧厅还得花好几千$ g1 M8 p2 o- y% S% Z8 g* T I& H" E
才行呢。 $ N3 u @$ T( F, ?! M
典故:《以赛亚书》(Isaiah)第40章12节中有这样一段话:
! I8 j/ a+ i1 {8 c1 Y ...who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and 1 l; P0 u6 [4 V% g1 @ q; `* }
meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of 7 V3 f- B% t! Z. [# ~5 {
the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and : v" j, G$ P+ Z: W5 a# }
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
/ o5 z) o' H, M7 z# }+ _, X# k 山岭,用天平平冈陵呢?" p" g) O5 l! S! X& \* c7 p
然后在14节又说:# u5 B) b8 F8 T) J7 i. u
Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as C- X, N4 a |9 o* a7 j8 n
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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