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2. a drop in the bucket九牛一毛/ W: W2 w2 L" q2 x6 X" s! p0 D/ R* A
释义:a very small quantity, especially one that is too small
$ ?1 Q0 T# L, m0 s 例句:Their contributions are just a drop in the bucket. 9 E/ @+ a' h2 n' J! |7 ^
The new church wing will cost thousands more.
# t2 `5 I5 h; Q4 A, A* t# Q" X 他们的捐献可谓是杯水车薪,教堂的新侧厅还得花好几千
9 G# u4 e! U9 b* S, A0 u 才行呢。 4 {7 l2 ^# D& |3 Z: z3 s$ L4 U; e. V% ^
典故:《以赛亚书》(Isaiah)第40章12节中有这样一段话:
4 g, r( @+ } K, t. Q; k( P8 ^ ...who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and 4 H' r% X: {$ R1 X
meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of
( D- G: o; j. b' `6 T the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and
1 _ ]5 P# L- {) 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
. s$ z, w) M' q ?# f% M 山岭,用天平平冈陵呢?6 T5 U# W! d" ~& [. a6 Q3 }
然后在14节又说:
, L# v& ]0 @% S0 E Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as
6 s: ~" Y- Q8 B; }) z 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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