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2. a drop in the bucket九牛一毛7 [7 r: \8 `; v
释义:a very small quantity, especially one that is too small: b/ g/ Z* d" ~5 j5 x
例句:Their contributions are just a drop in the bucket.
D! q$ _9 _4 \- G; F The new church wing will cost thousands more.
9 T* X( _# m, X n$ V5 x# f 他们的捐献可谓是杯水车薪,教堂的新侧厅还得花好几千
+ e# }/ V8 }- {7 X5 V7 i3 r: X 才行呢。 * H9 t- U, j6 U+ d
典故:《以赛亚书》(Isaiah)第40章12节中有这样一段话:7 ~* }- C5 {/ J: o. B! d9 O
...who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and ' L( D( ?* }# h5 ^" c
meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of
% I5 G- a6 B; \$ {1 X the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and , V* h, ~, G+ y1 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- _ i2 O5 i J( e
山岭,用天平平冈陵呢?
7 S0 l. k$ F$ f9 _2 `2 Z 然后在14节又说:& D8 L3 }6 h* d. G0 A9 S
Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as 2 G& h& z) H0 l" ?' q
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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