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2. a drop in the bucket九牛一毛0 Z& n4 {& N3 F/ _/ y& p
释义:a very small quantity, especially one that is too small! K5 A3 d5 j1 a
例句:Their contributions are just a drop in the bucket.
5 f% w9 m* h/ @! N The new church wing will cost thousands more. 8 f4 ~4 `" m: h2 W& q
他们的捐献可谓是杯水车薪,教堂的新侧厅还得花好几千3 A, O4 U' a7 d
才行呢。 8 i e/ g& r" Y* y$ v4 ~( m- {3 r
典故:《以赛亚书》(Isaiah)第40章12节中有这样一段话:
/ R3 S% _2 H1 K0 Q# H ...who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and / k _; t9 S5 q* Q
meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of
5 Z# J: e2 ~, V8 ^ the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and
, b) H9 c, o! L* m 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. @0 m! c; c P9 k4 v, V) r# P
山岭,用天平平冈陵呢?
( v2 a3 L, w$ ? s2 V 然后在14节又说:
6 o6 z) l8 \" C4 \ Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as 5 u# l* Q( N8 I9 p3 Y! 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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