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2. a drop in the bucket九牛一毛
( l8 ]- d5 m0 g+ D! b 释义:a very small quantity, especially one that is too small- {* S# H4 {$ x% z0 Y
例句:Their contributions are just a drop in the bucket.
0 \4 _0 k7 i5 I0 n t' x3 W. ? The new church wing will cost thousands more.
% \, k w9 }: E* f 他们的捐献可谓是杯水车薪,教堂的新侧厅还得花好几千
: b4 e7 Z! Y. ]* f8 e 才行呢。
- _+ } Q3 y( [3 r& G- m 典故:《以赛亚书》(Isaiah)第40章12节中有这样一段话:
5 {# l2 H( a) e9 T ...who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and
, I' f7 ?/ V$ t meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of 7 l: S/ @0 z0 K! b7 e9 L( U$ J
the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and
N# x: L2 r: Z8 y 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
& O, w, k7 _) s) x# L- r) k4 i 山岭,用天平平冈陵呢?
1 o1 a1 X0 S8 Z 然后在14节又说:
# K/ r5 E) G. Q. |7 O* W Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as - {, F. L0 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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