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2. a drop in the bucket九牛一毛3 E/ E x6 A8 w- n; x$ X2 Q
释义:a very small quantity, especially one that is too small
. Z# Z$ P" D! l, `' E1 d 例句:Their contributions are just a drop in the bucket.
& m; k, o! y9 D, q; v The new church wing will cost thousands more.
+ s% Q# F6 K s" ~# Q1 } 他们的捐献可谓是杯水车薪,教堂的新侧厅还得花好几千
1 Q, B: d8 Z" s8 p( ~ 才行呢。
* L v8 V3 L; I( Z# O& w 典故:《以赛亚书》(Isaiah)第40章12节中有这样一段话:# y& I# t/ n& D6 l
...who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and 3 q6 {" u m/ `0 A, b
meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of 0 X' h0 a* ~8 }$ B, o
the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and P; P8 Z6 Z8 }
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0 ], `$ k2 C* C7 H! L. n
山岭,用天平平冈陵呢?6 \5 ~! l( O0 Z' B. |8 Z
然后在14节又说:
6 z5 q, l' z, B# B' j# {7 m Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as
5 X: j7 {6 I, }& J1 p2 r5 }7 _ 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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