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2. a drop in the bucket九牛一毛
# H4 V, S: M- C( X. B& i 释义:a very small quantity, especially one that is too small8 i5 T) h3 w) R5 d2 X$ C) y) C
例句:Their contributions are just a drop in the bucket.
! i5 H+ E- y: o The new church wing will cost thousands more. " _% d8 s1 y: a5 A3 P$ n }* E9 o
他们的捐献可谓是杯水车薪,教堂的新侧厅还得花好几千& p9 w3 C1 C4 u8 j# I
才行呢。
5 g7 H" k% Y2 f$ s" E5 e 典故:《以赛亚书》(Isaiah)第40章12节中有这样一段话:' }; y3 q1 z8 f) \* J
...who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and ) l9 u3 l1 h" t- Z( g8 f6 G
meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of
5 D) Y% j8 {$ D9 C) J& l) _ the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and
0 M, o4 R, y, L- ]' c7 d" a 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, x. d5 V# D" m! m z& H: b q
山岭,用天平平冈陵呢?1 o- f& v D# U2 {! `
然后在14节又说: O7 ?! r' l N, Q1 ~4 u
Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as + p. V& {. b; 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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