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2. a drop in the bucket九牛一毛! {! |' e$ m, d- X, ], h: I& {
释义:a very small quantity, especially one that is too small- s+ Z+ C; ^% K$ f! u, C% ]
例句:Their contributions are just a drop in the bucket. * T1 q( _1 U4 \/ A
The new church wing will cost thousands more. 3 H b5 G$ ^* B' Q7 N
他们的捐献可谓是杯水车薪,教堂的新侧厅还得花好几千9 G9 y3 G) O, ]+ `- q
才行呢。
! {: t: p2 W) |- ]% m8 M1 i# k) c 典故:《以赛亚书》(Isaiah)第40章12节中有这样一段话:
# {" j4 k6 ^# @" @, @7 ]7 ^ ...who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and - A/ n; d3 W3 T4 t
meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of & e9 r; b7 ]! l4 S6 n1 I; h
the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and : _& r# f1 p& s( D5 }# t8 N% F" 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$ g! U- M" e9 ]1 K) x0 O
山岭,用天平平冈陵呢?
% k3 T3 m+ G9 f+ f 然后在14节又说:5 t5 B- r) R( Y5 ?* w7 _
Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as
( G) w; l7 q/ ], T- E 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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