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2. a drop in the bucket九牛一毛4 H1 G( n2 n% J+ v/ r( b
释义:a very small quantity, especially one that is too small, a4 o. R F; _ k
例句:Their contributions are just a drop in the bucket. 8 p0 }1 z, R$ y$ o9 Z; w
The new church wing will cost thousands more.
* Z9 ? N7 I% b+ k6 f 他们的捐献可谓是杯水车薪,教堂的新侧厅还得花好几千 _0 r7 b* x$ a% n$ Y
才行呢。
. {; a$ _" L" u 典故:《以赛亚书》(Isaiah)第40章12节中有这样一段话:
) C8 I; b2 Y9 H4 T' l ...who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and 9 S3 _4 a& ~" U J: f
meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of
# u0 V! N# M! k- O4 L* ^, x the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and
2 i7 }* I. n6 d- x& 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
" @ @+ G7 F3 h' T9 D! h 山岭,用天平平冈陵呢?
( R6 n- Q% j' b- ]5 s 然后在14节又说:
* ~( L$ ?0 C3 x! ~+ e' n* P Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as , Z( o' D! c! P# D$ H) F3 [
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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