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2. a drop in the bucket九牛一毛
+ ]* n* K! n: Q% [, H4 h 释义:a very small quantity, especially one that is too small
% O6 p0 g( o/ K p/ V( ] 例句:Their contributions are just a drop in the bucket.
8 ]5 \7 T( d5 Z7 T The new church wing will cost thousands more. ! U6 t" {) |% D8 _
他们的捐献可谓是杯水车薪,教堂的新侧厅还得花好几千
: b7 G; f& f- d3 ^1 z" N, _0 T* a 才行呢。
, X, ?2 `& ~/ x- k `* Y 典故:《以赛亚书》(Isaiah)第40章12节中有这样一段话:/ r% O \ q5 ?9 i, L
...who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and ) Q2 w X; h3 B: o8 ^5 M; u. Y
meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of 3 }; W; ^: j4 p# a$ u4 w: g
the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and ' O, \( T+ U0 u; L7 O
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2 F( I9 n: \4 N
山岭,用天平平冈陵呢?% K4 v9 S! z3 S
然后在14节又说:
2 Z8 w* {8 y5 \3 r2 M% b Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as
% m" E9 G/ Q& p: f 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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