The meaning you are meeting — not telling anyone you are good at something — almost never sits on the word bushel alone.

The meaning you are meeting你現在學的這個意思 — not telling anyone you are good at something——不跟別人講自己很厲害 — almost never sits on the word bushel alone幾乎不會單獨用bushel這個字來表達.

People say hide your light under a bushel. That line comes from the Bible: you light a lamp, and you do not cover it with a basket, or nobody can see the light. So if you hide your light under a bushel, you keep your skill, your goodness, or your bright idea quiet, as if you dropped a basket over it.

People sayhide your light under a bushel人們會說hide your light under a bushel（把光藏在斗底下）. That line comes from the Bible這句話出自聖經: you light a lamp你點了一盞燈, and you do not cover it with a basket你不會用籃子把它蓋住, or nobody can see the light不然沒有人看得見那光. So if you hide your light under a bushel所以如果你hide your light under a bushel, you keep your skill, your goodness, or your bright idea quiet你就是把自己的才能、良善或好點子藏起來不讓人知道, as if you dropped a basket over it就好像拿一個籃子把它蓋住一樣.

Teachers still say Don’t hide your light under a bushel to mean: let people see what you can do. Nobody says I bushel to mean “I hide my talent.” The whole phrase does that job.

Teachers still say老師還是會說 Don't hide your light under a bushel"別把你的光藏在斗底下" to mean意思是: let people see what you can do讓大家看見你的能力. Nobody says沒有人會說 I bushel"I bushel" to mean表示"I hide my talent"「我把才能藏起來」. The whole phrase does that job要靠整句話才有這個意思.

Though actually, a bushel is first an old basket, and also a unit for measuring dry things like grain or apples — a fairly big amount. In some country markets people still sell fruit by the bushel.

Though actually其實, a bushel is first an old basketbushel最早是一種舊式的籃子, and also a unit for measuring dry things like grain or apples也是量穀物、蘋果這類乾貨的單位 — a fairly big amount——算是相當大的量. In some country markets在一些鄉下市場, people still sell fruit by the bushel人們還是用bushel來賣水果.

City students may only ever meet the Bible phrase, and that is fine, as long as you know why a basket is in it.

City students may only ever meet the Bible phrase都市裡的學生可能只會遇到聖經裡這句話, and that is fine這樣也沒關係, as long as you know why a basket is in it只要你知道為什麼裡面會有個籃子就好.