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2. a drop in the bucket九牛一毛# [* u4 r7 W# P: Y4 }6 g8 y o/ N
释义:a very small quantity, especially one that is too small
$ H8 C9 \3 K: Z 例句:Their contributions are just a drop in the bucket. + A% Q n0 L: ]2 e; i A
The new church wing will cost thousands more. 7 L- C/ `" o @
他们的捐献可谓是杯水车薪,教堂的新侧厅还得花好几千
+ M4 V f% w1 {/ ^0 E" M7 T' [ 才行呢。
+ I: q0 o/ Q" G& Y/ j 典故:《以赛亚书》(Isaiah)第40章12节中有这样一段话:, o+ [2 K6 N8 C8 G) D; u) S+ w
...who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and 0 `4 [9 H8 C7 o
meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of
5 y# t! R0 O! p, x the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and ' G6 S, V( Z1 \4 o1 Y7 N
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
$ O0 [3 u! D4 T# u2 S 山岭,用天平平冈陵呢?
b5 ^% s7 z) m8 { 然后在14节又说:
6 r, E' j- F1 Z: c% u; R Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as
. @0 p( y7 v# ?, K1 a 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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