But even with the inspiration of others, it's understandable that we sometimes think the world's problems are so big that we can do little to help.

可即便受到他人鼓舞，我们有时还是发现，这个世界的问题太大，我们所做的不过杯车薪，这是可以理解的。

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。

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。

" You can't inject 120 (yuan) billion every weekend. The markets lost something like $3 trillion over the last couple of months --that that's a drop in the bucket compared to what would be needed to prop that market up."

“你不可能每周都注资1200亿元，过去几个月来股市经损失了大约3亿美元，1200亿元对于托市所需的资金要求来说只是杯车薪。”

Instead, my friend was always " hard up for cash" -- he did not have much money. And the money he did earn was chicken feed -- very little.

相反，他总是手头紧，没有多少钱，他挣得的钱只是杯车薪。

But the problem is in Europe, of course, they're dealing with so many more asylum seekers that 30,000 more over two years seems like a drop in the bucket.

不过问题是，欧洲正在应对大量的寻求庇护者，而美国未来两年多接收三万名难民可能只不过是杯车薪。

Duan said that human efforts to minimize the effects of changing weather patterns were just “a drop in the bucket” for a massive freshwater lake like Poyang.

段说，对于鄱阳这样一个巨大的来说，人类将气候变化的影响降至最低的努力只是“杯车薪”。

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，这也不过是杯车薪。

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

有些择会给你带来更大的改变，有些似乎是杯车薪，但它们都是累积起来的。

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。

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。

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。

Is that just a drop in the bucket?

那只是杯车薪吗？

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

这些都只是些微不足道的小例子，杯车薪的例子。

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

换句话说，通过关税连接的800亿美元不过是杯车薪。