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2. a drop in the bucket九牛一毛3 g3 M2 K$ ?+ c5 m
释义:a very small quantity, especially one that is too small! W7 c3 i2 v- a& C
例句:Their contributions are just a drop in the bucket. - I- O, i5 O4 X
The new church wing will cost thousands more.
- B+ R' R6 D. i 他们的捐献可谓是杯水车薪,教堂的新侧厅还得花好几千+ l! z% |% \- m% t! c L/ v7 a
才行呢。
6 [1 `& T: ~( e# | Z/ u+ B 典故:《以赛亚书》(Isaiah)第40章12节中有这样一段话:2 R% A Y8 [/ z& R
...who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and
8 \: W& _7 T4 g meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of % a! v2 z e, x# n& v( L$ s) l. E. `
the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and
/ v1 B3 _3 v& r5 ]( @" e" { 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+ p* B1 `- W Q( z. ]. x8 z, _
山岭,用天平平冈陵呢?
" ?! u, S* i( J! w3 e# v+ t& L 然后在14节又说:# T& _& \# I0 a
Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as
3 |9 @$ Q0 C! B: j& V, G" U* _ 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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