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2. a drop in the bucket九牛一毛3 w6 w) G) j1 w2 _9 M* Z" d" B2 g
释义:a very small quantity, especially one that is too small3 M- I5 X& [; ]
例句:Their contributions are just a drop in the bucket.
0 i1 ~6 o: t/ V( c7 [% V The new church wing will cost thousands more. / x9 M; [$ F; s) Y' C4 w
他们的捐献可谓是杯水车薪,教堂的新侧厅还得花好几千0 [* U( M1 ?* @; V; e
才行呢。
9 d% [. y N9 L. b! C' p 典故:《以赛亚书》(Isaiah)第40章12节中有这样一段话:/ \. B; D3 h4 s/ {4 ?
...who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and
! H1 q: o C( {2 s0 n& A0 b' z% ^! Q meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of
0 T4 d5 q, w2 A u- }0 W the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and : a1 V" c, t' s C$ ~" ] O
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
* c' U0 U# v( L7 m+ L2 P" Z 山岭,用天平平冈陵呢?
2 ?* S) r3 Z, h$ p0 f) d1 ` 然后在14节又说:
' m* p- J% o2 S; W3 \- e: ^+ [ Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as 8 Y4 d# K& @8 C( ^" x8 P! R3 d/ L
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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