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2. a drop in the bucket九牛一毛
8 ]: f9 d5 O {6 T! ~! i3 O 释义:a very small quantity, especially one that is too small
6 z# W3 r$ W( h7 ~4 m ]* f 例句:Their contributions are just a drop in the bucket. 9 Z5 v7 Q v C; {- F% r) L9 U
The new church wing will cost thousands more.
0 V5 m" q% w: m* M* { 他们的捐献可谓是杯水车薪,教堂的新侧厅还得花好几千( y2 | ^# u- O# ^
才行呢。
* \- w, [6 a' G/ Z 典故:《以赛亚书》(Isaiah)第40章12节中有这样一段话:
" w0 {' @" s) e: j# r" Q ...who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and $ W) K( v# m- q. v6 h8 u
meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of ( u+ U3 ~. v9 s
the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and 8 [/ |/ s6 u9 u c( i- _! j3 V
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
, p3 x( }/ p5 _ 山岭,用天平平冈陵呢?! k- D" q, x6 q5 L/ C' M
然后在14节又说:9 z/ {6 P& X( [9 f, K p. I
Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as / W+ u5 R0 x, B8 W S D8 y
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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