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2. a drop in the bucket九牛一毛
+ `& F* L/ ?2 ]- Z( k I: w 释义:a very small quantity, especially one that is too small, L" V; d4 x% f9 P( T. o' o6 w- q
例句:Their contributions are just a drop in the bucket.
5 W: I* U- n/ w( _/ U$ T, f8 j& o The new church wing will cost thousands more.
: o: `0 G. N g( _ 他们的捐献可谓是杯水车薪,教堂的新侧厅还得花好几千- o, @- c c% D$ e; V. I, e
才行呢。 / T* ^' j7 O1 ]- A1 i* N; q
典故:《以赛亚书》(Isaiah)第40章12节中有这样一段话:5 @& B: s5 l3 s
...who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and 9 `, t, |- K3 m& _+ c$ @8 N9 i
meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of
0 F$ A g7 F! T% n: @2 t4 Y the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and # P6 Y# d5 `! C8 C% Q, o2 q
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
: a* m2 [ \0 B, S 山岭,用天平平冈陵呢?
; Z* a0 u- @% Y 然后在14节又说:, g9 a" b& @, h. e0 E
Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as " N6 P2 b# P7 y1 S0 d
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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