Many volunteers offered to help, but their work is limited.

很多志愿者主动帮忙，但还杯水车薪。

When you think about it now, it's only a drop in the bucket.

仔细想想，现在只杯水车薪。

Here in the U.S., you may also hear the expression drop in the bucket.

在美国，你也许也能听到" drop in the bucket（杯水车薪）" 个表达。

Initiatives like these are feeding hundreds, but only make a small dent in the country's hunger crisis.

像样的举措正在养活数百人，但对该国的饥饿危机只杯水车薪。

She said, " Big picture, this series of storms really is kind of just a drop in the bucket."

“总体，系列暴风雨真的只杯水车薪。”

Some scientists warn that even if that goal is reached in November, it may be too little too late.

尽目标在11月能够达成，但些科学家警告称，此举依旧杯水车薪。

Other netizens said the subsidies fall well short of covering the huge cost of bearing and raising a child.

其他网友表示，携程的补贴金额相比巨大的生育成本只杯水车薪。

I mean, look, still a drop in the bucket.

我意思，仍然只杯水车薪。

That's like a drop in the bucket.

那只杯水车薪。

And $4 billion is not, that's an anemic, that is really a joke.

40亿美元？那简直杯水车薪，白了就个笑话。

Is that just a drop in the bucket?

那只杯水车薪吗？

These are just minor example, drops in the bucket examples.

些都只些微不足道的小例子，杯水车薪的例子。

In other words, the $80 billion connected from tariffs is a drop in the bucket.

换句话，通过关税连接的800亿美元不过杯水车薪。

Actually, Moby, it was just a drop in the bucket.

实际上，莫比，那只杯水车薪。

That, however, is of little comfort to Chinese businesses, which are scrambling to respond to the new rules.

然而，对正在忙于应对新规定的中国企业，杯水车薪。

It can generate 194 megawatts of electric power, but that's just a drop in the bucket.

它可以产生 194 兆瓦的电力, 但只杯水车薪。

Jingjing: And if you were generous, it'd just be a drop in the bucket, right?

如果你慷慨，那只杯水车薪，对吧？

Some options will give you bigger chunks of change and some will seem like drops in the bucket, but it all adds up.

有些选择会给你带更大的改变，有些似乎杯水车薪，但它们都累积起的。

But that would be only a temporary bandage if we continue doing the things that caused the ice to melt in the first place.

但如果我们对那些最初导致冰川融化的行为不加以制止，也不过杯水车薪。

And my husband and I have sold our cars, but our sacrifice is just a drop in the ocean of funds needed.

我和丈夫已经卖掉了我们的车，但我们的牺牲在所需巨额资金面前不过杯水车薪。