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2. a drop in the bucket九牛一毛
. k5 w. [: y3 v: L0 y8 S% |3 i 释义:a very small quantity, especially one that is too small
+ @6 C$ K. D+ q A+ F9 T; c 例句:Their contributions are just a drop in the bucket. # M. q1 T; D/ H2 S, D
The new church wing will cost thousands more.
`& E: a, X2 G' z) \ 他们的捐献可谓是杯水车薪,教堂的新侧厅还得花好几千* B, z: V8 b) e, G R
才行呢。
$ r4 @9 `' P0 P' i. J6 v% u, E, }. }4 I 典故:《以赛亚书》(Isaiah)第40章12节中有这样一段话:! c- Y+ G& l. {
...who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and 7 P& O5 J3 G. a: G$ R, P& I
meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of ) F k. t* ^6 Q: T
the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and
& s5 `6 X& |: y' D0 ]# P# f# a% z/ m+ a 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
2 ~; y$ C" n& P& R! C2 g 山岭,用天平平冈陵呢?
; S, t7 M" Q6 I 然后在14节又说:
9 Y5 r, r4 L& v4 o Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as # l, }2 ]5 e- b
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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