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2. a drop in the bucket九牛一毛+ q ?# @: @9 H7 Q
释义:a very small quantity, especially one that is too small& y. ~- j, H1 x# h: a1 f
例句:Their contributions are just a drop in the bucket.
& N/ e& e" X, i, H/ A' z2 n The new church wing will cost thousands more. 5 N; ~* _+ O) i6 K( i1 B3 v" u
他们的捐献可谓是杯水车薪,教堂的新侧厅还得花好几千, x1 x# _6 S- c" `* w
才行呢。
5 G I5 l, w6 J9 |: J 典故:《以赛亚书》(Isaiah)第40章12节中有这样一段话:
7 x- ~' ]& `2 z7 d ...who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and & e1 x [) ]+ s- P( ~" t/ v
meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of
6 A: j% V/ v+ n: U: |$ A the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and + l* m( B! p* Q4 Y, n
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8 t% v ]2 M2 u8 f$ a7 }
山岭,用天平平冈陵呢?7 m5 e2 |/ d W( w/ i/ I5 I8 A
然后在14节又说:
8 \1 l# u* L. K1 x' n: P# F Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as ! {2 v0 @. b* E9 O; U$ m* K) Q! {+ d
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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