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2. a drop in the bucket九牛一毛
" S. J1 ?# S# h |' k" y 释义:a very small quantity, especially one that is too small( Y3 \, d0 F, v: ?" B
例句:Their contributions are just a drop in the bucket.
' L/ {5 y- T: Z) B$ i. | The new church wing will cost thousands more.
1 j. [- E9 {5 D W 他们的捐献可谓是杯水车薪,教堂的新侧厅还得花好几千' E1 A- S0 y" Z( m! N5 W
才行呢。 ; R9 n$ t" s4 w2 z4 }) e" H; |
典故:《以赛亚书》(Isaiah)第40章12节中有这样一段话:
. u4 J9 t7 ]- `/ c8 J( N ...who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and
, O3 ^3 Q* y0 |8 Q2 b. Q meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of W& [4 y9 ]7 o' x- l& ]9 f/ x# Z4 G
the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and
( u, m5 p- W, H4 q' y 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5 a1 y' N2 ^2 R; \8 b# T
山岭,用天平平冈陵呢?
_2 M5 X0 e+ n& L9 ^- p 然后在14节又说:+ p$ i' i8 b" I* \# \, R
Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as
3 Q9 h3 I1 R( |* T( _4 m: s 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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