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2. a drop in the bucket九牛一毛! s5 E# A/ k- L2 _
释义:a very small quantity, especially one that is too small
0 R( ~+ m! I Q; S0 b0 z 例句:Their contributions are just a drop in the bucket. ! E# l9 f3 I, b1 T0 d( o0 ~
The new church wing will cost thousands more.
6 v! ?; i, K! ?. z0 q2 a 他们的捐献可谓是杯水车薪,教堂的新侧厅还得花好几千; \2 q+ Q6 d) q9 X: S. H
才行呢。 ; B2 d7 }: S) ^" ~( C4 M
典故:《以赛亚书》(Isaiah)第40章12节中有这样一段话:
: O$ A2 C9 A- r9 k3 Q, Z. g ...who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and
/ B7 T* S4 B4 S1 F: } meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of
T- d7 S* ~2 I9 G4 ?4 {. E- S the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and " o- s) I" v' 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7 a* ]3 p# `% D2 }' X/ O
山岭,用天平平冈陵呢?& C4 Z E$ c9 O9 ~, b7 t2 s
然后在14节又说:; L5 Z9 B" ~5 Y" d) B2 J
Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as 3 S" j- ~+ V/ {7 _2 `, `6 r0 M
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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