鲜花( 0) 鸡蛋( 0)
|
楼主 |
发表于 2004-11-29 04:05
|
显示全部楼层
2. a drop in the bucket九牛一毛
+ ]% ]1 ^, s4 s' Z {9 Q- w 释义:a very small quantity, especially one that is too small
$ S- Q7 n8 D4 }% g8 C) g 例句:Their contributions are just a drop in the bucket.
) R: x+ D, [, _, u0 D7 E) @( S The new church wing will cost thousands more. & n% p2 Y9 _0 H* R5 r6 `7 R- q
他们的捐献可谓是杯水车薪,教堂的新侧厅还得花好几千7 c0 X, w" Z. v/ K
才行呢。
( [. n5 _6 K' Q& ] | 典故:《以赛亚书》(Isaiah)第40章12节中有这样一段话:
5 v; u' F" x+ A% f ...who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and ) f9 |. b+ H; d7 B1 H9 N x. C
meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of - X6 S2 b( W0 N- @! H" N' f
the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and * n* [1 }6 g* |' e2 U
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 ~. Z; }2 ^9 q. I
山岭,用天平平冈陵呢?
& Q# h _5 z# p( W; z* ~ 然后在14节又说:
, N% c% ^3 y; y8 F) Y6 e Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as ; y( B7 S7 l! M
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。······ |
|