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2. a drop in the bucket九牛一毛
) o* O6 ]3 t6 e' q 释义:a very small quantity, especially one that is too small$ Z6 X# F0 I# x1 a) z9 C
例句:Their contributions are just a drop in the bucket. $ H) @) d8 k. Z# o5 G# z: Z
The new church wing will cost thousands more. ! w' w6 l) q/ ]- 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
, Z: Y( y0 M2 ? 才行呢。 @ U7 b5 @: ?
典故:《以赛亚书》(Isaiah)第40章12节中有这样一段话:
+ ^, h& H8 j3 B! O! c1 Q0 A ...who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and ( o2 z( I0 U$ d* o o, U% @' V
meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of
5 m- Y# Q0 w3 J( u" K/ f the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and
4 f: V1 P: Z+ 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
\6 L4 n9 E% D2 N) h5 g& M* ] 山岭,用天平平冈陵呢?
/ d, [, l5 ?, S$ T( _ 然后在14节又说:3 n4 C& n5 R7 H ]% G4 ^
Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as % _7 ]; G7 G) G5 [' 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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