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2. a drop in the bucket九牛一毛0 |4 v" v' [% @- ~* t9 t' ]+ S
释义:a very small quantity, especially one that is too small) m8 }, i ` }6 }- s
例句:Their contributions are just a drop in the bucket.
1 R, N w% \$ n" X# i1 Q8 m The new church wing will cost thousands more. 1 x: ~) v' `- H: ?$ v. U, k0 f/ H. @
他们的捐献可谓是杯水车薪,教堂的新侧厅还得花好几千
. G9 T" \; j* a& N$ ~& y4 I 才行呢。 ) }1 Y* T6 G$ ?
典故:《以赛亚书》(Isaiah)第40章12节中有这样一段话:
4 w' I, g, a2 B8 U/ P, d ...who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and % D1 ]+ @4 T1 }6 D5 \
meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of 1 A" P: B, y8 f/ ]$ e9 j. b& V
the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and
" d2 {9 w% [# [# k 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- g' ^# B4 |' |* o& ^
山岭,用天平平冈陵呢?) z. P1 }: M$ F" }& ~
然后在14节又说:7 S) A& M1 V3 O( }, q
Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as ( N, j \% c8 \$ z9 T N
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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