Water tankers are brought in by tractors for bathing, cooking and cleaning.

车由拖拉机运来，用于洗澡、做饭和清洁。

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

很多志愿者主动帮忙，但还是杯车薪。

This has to do with a phenomenon known as hedonic adaptation, or the hedonic treadmill.

这与所谓的" 享" 或" 快车" 现象相关。

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

仔细想想，现在这只是杯车薪。

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（杯车薪）" 这个表达。

And I built a water wheel that I incorporated in, that has a pump.

我做了一个车，里面有一个泵。

The conveyor is powered by the water wheel, it's really like an engine.

输送机由车驱动, 真的很像一个引擎。

Really? I thought running through that guy's sprinkler would've refreshed you.

真的么？我以为超过那个洒车能让你劳呢。

Wheels spun by the current of flowing water provided power for centuries before electricity caught on.

在电普及之前，车为人们提供了数个世纪的能源。

Big water trucks make their way up hills to get to places where people need it.

大型运车翻山越岭，将运到人们需要的地方。

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

像这样的举措正在养活数百人，但对该国的饥饿危机只是杯车薪。

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

“总体来说，这一系列暴风雨真的只是杯车薪。”

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

尽管这一目标在11月能够达成，但一些科学家警告称，此举依旧是杯车薪。

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是杯车薪。

As water taps in the city run dry, people now must line up to get fresh water from water tank trucks.

随着金奈荒的袭来，人们现在只能排队从运车获取新鲜的源。

It was hidden inside a water delivery truck.

它被藏在运车内。

It's literally a  water wheel that sits in a waterfall of protons.

这实际上是一个位于质子瀑布中的车。

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

我意思是，这仍然只是杯车薪。

That's like a drop in the bucket.

那只是杯车薪。

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

40亿美元？那简直是杯车薪，说白了就是个笑话。