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2. a drop in the bucket九牛一毛
6 L0 @( c2 B2 B: A. E 释义:a very small quantity, especially one that is too small' X8 e3 D8 c9 u& z% F4 J" I
例句:Their contributions are just a drop in the bucket. % C5 ] Z& L& L* a% Y
The new church wing will cost thousands more. 3 u. P/ y3 A4 ]! B+ I% O) I
他们的捐献可谓是杯水车薪,教堂的新侧厅还得花好几千5 @! ?$ P7 f7 Y1 x4 p% Y2 ~7 o
才行呢。 ; e7 F8 K. g9 S1 ?# V
典故:《以赛亚书》(Isaiah)第40章12节中有这样一段话:
" Z* m4 u4 v5 S, U; ]2 w/ F; x ...who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and
5 ~, e' O/ N: O3 q meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of
4 \! v b* [2 ^ the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and : b, x- ?2 p2 ~7 C: K
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3 E, V/ C+ C) E
山岭,用天平平冈陵呢?
t7 A7 H8 e0 s, t( s; @6 B 然后在14节又说:
( L6 T: X" G. k4 b Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as
) Q$ Y* }' x% |9 Y1 X0 e) Y 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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