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2. a drop in the bucket九牛一毛' f# S0 m" D/ \% i2 I
释义:a very small quantity, especially one that is too small8 u9 y- _: i' H! [' w5 L$ J
例句:Their contributions are just a drop in the bucket. |( H) I. x9 \- P2 }' Z; \+ }* `
The new church wing will cost thousands more.
1 s( R$ ]+ L/ |; s 他们的捐献可谓是杯水车薪,教堂的新侧厅还得花好几千
I# N7 w% J# U" a 才行呢。 2 r0 }0 w& G' o/ e0 ^2 ]
典故:《以赛亚书》(Isaiah)第40章12节中有这样一段话:, C) h& @9 g+ c' j
...who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and 0 o( U& T% e, o. {
meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of 8 Q& G4 c8 i6 E' L# C
the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and
, x0 q. b5 X8 j6 Q 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
1 w, A4 u U1 y7 m8 A 山岭,用天平平冈陵呢?
4 m) l c4 Y1 O! J) r, _ 然后在14节又说:
- X& i: N5 T% w" M! b Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as
% U+ Z' l3 e( }. H 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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