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2. a drop in the bucket九牛一毛
: V1 t# w( M7 I( b 释义:a very small quantity, especially one that is too small
0 s# t/ S1 \- s' F B 例句:Their contributions are just a drop in the bucket. 6 e% `$ ]& K7 w3 Z. p
The new church wing will cost thousands more. * t$ Q$ ^* T( N7 `/ l' g% b/ q
他们的捐献可谓是杯水车薪,教堂的新侧厅还得花好几千+ f( s- U; l* j( F4 F6 A
才行呢。
9 \& ~. |. p) V: [* I# J$ h 典故:《以赛亚书》(Isaiah)第40章12节中有这样一段话:( @: q. X v, Z8 {6 t
...who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and " _7 Q% Q1 t6 ? \
meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of ' ` q) x8 i9 l- i+ w
the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and * k e8 `; N/ ]( x' 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
5 x0 O9 d( A; l8 C) ], P4 y9 I 山岭,用天平平冈陵呢?
0 ^/ I' O& c, V, f) c( d 然后在14节又说:
- Y. D7 I) k+ r Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as : P4 Y8 b2 k' }8 Q" G! W
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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