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2. a drop in the bucket九牛一毛
* j+ @6 F2 u5 R/ Q 释义:a very small quantity, especially one that is too small
+ F! m; ~' @1 X5 ^5 q 例句:Their contributions are just a drop in the bucket.
2 i3 d B) n. z1 U) d, n The new church wing will cost thousands more. % o, f' L+ d1 D& D
他们的捐献可谓是杯水车薪,教堂的新侧厅还得花好几千4 n/ E' z+ r R# J) j! b* X
才行呢。 1 |2 v0 }6 ~3 _7 C5 O. U
典故:《以赛亚书》(Isaiah)第40章12节中有这样一段话:
3 _5 J4 t! L* u, x& V8 G ...who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and : X9 l* i# F$ o; }, \1 j7 V. L( }6 i
meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of
7 Y+ D: q' {- ` V the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and ) {, X" U1 f! K( @ W
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
/ m! z; E, |9 r2 P) A, O, h. o 山岭,用天平平冈陵呢?
2 t9 {& T! F% d4 N" i4 a! N 然后在14节又说:7 ~: S, H" k2 |$ d9 E/ [
Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as , c% ~/ o2 h2 @! ?4 ^. n* u2 n
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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