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2. a drop in the bucket九牛一毛( q6 @" e" n4 l, }) u2 ?
释义:a very small quantity, especially one that is too small
8 F, h: c% M* w- ` 例句:Their contributions are just a drop in the bucket.
W# o, F' u1 X- R. a* u The new church wing will cost thousands more.
) M4 v! ]0 Z& F% K8 ` 他们的捐献可谓是杯水车薪,教堂的新侧厅还得花好几千* A1 U! O) o( F, _; v
才行呢。
8 S' \% L4 |, {$ p5 x# l 典故:《以赛亚书》(Isaiah)第40章12节中有这样一段话:* t: o" F. n2 r; |# ?. x9 e9 R% H
...who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and ) U/ X; A- N: x6 c* ]% C d, Y* S
meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of
, r: o% v) e( w+ [% R5 ^6 F the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and
$ _7 e7 t3 u1 r5 y& s* T7 g 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7 ^; Z3 [0 d0 x. q
山岭,用天平平冈陵呢?+ l( o) g3 W1 V- L5 [6 Z
然后在14节又说:& L5 W% [0 N. H: _6 g
Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as ( }1 G7 p) o6 [$ I# }
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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