口语课堂第52期:犹如掷了一颗炸弹;九牛一毛
drop a,the,his,shell:犹如掷了一颗炸弹,突如其来地宣布使人震惊且通常令人不快的事
She dropped a bombshell at the meeting and announced that she was leaving.
她在会上宣布了令人吃惊的消息,说她将要离开.
It was then that he dropped the bombshell--he wasn't planning to come with us.
那时他突然宣布一个令人不快的消息,他不准备跟我们一起去了.
a drop in the bucket/ocean:an amount of something that is too small or unimportant to make any real difference to a situation 沧海一粟;九牛一毛
$10 million is only a drop in the bucket compared to what is needed to help these people effectively.
要有效地帮助这些人,1000万美元只是九牛一毛而已.
Grandfather dropped a bombshell last night when he told the family he is marrying a woman 40 years younger than he is.
祖父昨晚上对家里的人说,他要和一个比他年轻四十岁的女子结婚,这可真叫大家吃了一惊.
In March 1968 President Lyndon Johnson dropped one of the biggest bombshells ever dropped in American politics when he announced that he would not run for re-election because of the Vietnam War.
1968年3月美国总统约翰逊宣布,因为越南战争,他决定不竞选连任.这可是美国政治史上最令人震惊的消息之一了.
A drop in the bucket" is a something that is not important because it is very small. Example: "I'm sorry I scratched your car." Reply: "Don't worry about it. It's justa drop in the bucket. That car has more scratches on it than I can count." There are so many "drops" in a "bucket" of water that we could not count them all, so any one drop is really not that important. Example: "When I think how many people there are in the world, I realize that my own problems are just a drop in the bucket." "A drop" is very small amount when compared with all there is "in the bucket." "A drop in the bucket" is not important because it is a tiny amount when compared to the larger whole. Example: "I'd like to do something to change the world, but whatever I do seems likea drop in the bucket."
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I'd like to do something to change the world, but whatever I do seems like a drop in the bucket.
我想做一些事情来改变世界,但是不管做什么都觉得太渺小了.
The amount being spent on scientific research is a drop in the bucket.
花在科学研究上的费用是微不足道的.
It would be a drop in the ocean compared to the amount we required.
比起我们的需要量来说,这只不过是沧海一粟罢了.
