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2. a drop in the bucket九牛一毛- J l4 q) ]2 `0 _: m3 f+ I
释义:a very small quantity, especially one that is too small( K1 W) z; a8 V, x
例句:Their contributions are just a drop in the bucket. / k6 G" K3 U; i' }
The new church wing will cost thousands more. / M/ l0 ?- v4 K G( G1 j# [1 r
他们的捐献可谓是杯水车薪,教堂的新侧厅还得花好几千6 c. _# o" _$ Y, c
才行呢。 , t, |+ ^2 I W4 o
典故:《以赛亚书》(Isaiah)第40章12节中有这样一段话:
8 O$ |! f% N: w0 j3 l) y1 | ...who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and - \: T1 q, O( v5 ^( Q( L8 ]9 K
meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of
6 p J7 p( @" u* H3 l the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and + D/ h9 T) u; T% Q8 Y, F
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
( Z( o) q- W0 n 山岭,用天平平冈陵呢?
* e# x! @4 t, A# E 然后在14节又说:
1 y" W$ h1 |% T. F0 a Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as 4 Y: Z1 F/ p8 K/ ~# |* A
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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