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2. a drop in the bucket九牛一毛
2 z( O) o# ]; L5 D 释义:a very small quantity, especially one that is too small) L5 f) s* y6 c9 z
例句:Their contributions are just a drop in the bucket. 2 {9 E: c. u6 ^3 E0 b S, d: V5 V3 _
The new church wing will cost thousands more. 5 t7 R2 S9 L0 k
他们的捐献可谓是杯水车薪,教堂的新侧厅还得花好几千, `% H' ~& o/ b1 n
才行呢。
9 ~& x' I, P% t/ n; | 典故:《以赛亚书》(Isaiah)第40章12节中有这样一段话:& v/ O) v/ U' D' |* n, i
...who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and 0 p# D8 J: g; S* G5 T$ c
meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of : u' I5 N9 M- [: O
the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and
3 C( i8 i6 k! z% [ 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
* C: d3 p2 }0 g4 }& ]0 { 山岭,用天平平冈陵呢?
}3 g( L g+ c9 } 然后在14节又说:
' {/ y1 ~, |6 k Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as 3 X/ I7 j t" W& Y! a* T
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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