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2. a drop in the bucket九牛一毛( j- s3 n6 w" j& t2 p: B$ V4 r, b
释义:a very small quantity, especially one that is too small# D( N; G! {, n6 ?( E" l
例句:Their contributions are just a drop in the bucket. 2 @6 W$ j8 Z, k, s1 a2 H# I& f! {
The new church wing will cost thousands more. ) W) M8 T$ X3 x: q
他们的捐献可谓是杯水车薪,教堂的新侧厅还得花好几千8 L5 X7 l4 Y* [; U0 Y( ?
才行呢。 # C. `0 t8 X$ K, @% N/ [9 s4 {
典故:《以赛亚书》(Isaiah)第40章12节中有这样一段话:5 e$ ^* ]1 q8 U
...who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and
& y( C) V7 [& U& E9 a meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of
8 i n0 v# h0 b7 M the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and
. e" V: q( I3 F/ e) s 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
" E& [9 ^( z2 A- W; W! S 山岭,用天平平冈陵呢?
( N; J5 w3 X, U. f. H, _* j4 Z 然后在14节又说:0 z; o$ O5 N" E2 h% v# S# E
Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as : x4 n) ^4 `( A% N1 I
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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