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2. a drop in the bucket九牛一毛! L5 B3 M c) r$ i3 E8 |
释义:a very small quantity, especially one that is too small5 U; ~% N' n0 G" q
例句:Their contributions are just a drop in the bucket.
0 c3 T' l$ ^" I# U% b) j The new church wing will cost thousands more. 5 O2 s& E$ m3 U0 U3 Y( J+ S) e
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* v8 T% r: a! Y$ r2 l; {8 O2 d/ W! m
才行呢。 , u; E2 P9 b* e# X7 m
典故:《以赛亚书》(Isaiah)第40章12节中有这样一段话:1 y; j9 K0 j' i# Y
...who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and
; S7 p4 f! [' p' m8 |2 f, T meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of 3 B7 T8 g' G4 z
the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and
) V! i* m' @5 H1 W# P 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
( Y( R- D, u* ` 山岭,用天平平冈陵呢?5 b8 Z, \1 G1 s" x' ?2 g
然后在14节又说:
# p- @, x8 k' w( V3 T/ T/ a; m Q Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as 9 k. e* F! d0 R( A
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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