a drop in the bucket

That's just a drop in the bucket.

那点钱不过是九牛一毛.

That's just a drop in the bucket. I need too much to get back on my feet.

那只是杯水车薪，我需要一大笔钱来清偿债务。

To buy an expensive car is not just a drop in the bucket for her.

购买一部昂贵的汽车，对她而言，不是一个小数目。

The world's largest solar plant is located in Cremer Junction California. It can generate 194 megawatts of electric power, but that's just a drop in the bucket.

世界上最大的太阳能发电站坐落在加利福尼亚的Cremer、它可以发194兆瓦电力，但这只是沧海一粟。

Your "big numbers" here are really just a drop in the bucket, fractions of fractions of a percent of our user base.

你所说的“大数字”只是用户基数的很小一部分。

The amount being spent on basic research is a drop in the bucket.

花费在基础研究上的钱微不足道.

But that's not a drop in the bucket to what that man has really got.

不过,跟他实实在在拥有的那笔钱比起来,这只是缸里的一滴水.

Estimates show the number of golfers in China ranges from 300000 players to 3 million-still just a drop in the bucket in a country of 1.3 billion.

对于中国高尔夫球手的数量存在各种各样的估计，数字从30万到300万不等，在中国13亿人口中，这仍然只是很小的一部分。

The deal was a drop in the bucket for Microsoft, with its 60000 patents.

对于拥有6万项专利的微软而言，该协议只是很小的一部分。

It is just a drop in the bucket.

只不过是九牛一毛而已.

But these villages are just a drop in the bucket.

但这两个村庄只是沧海一粟。

Do you think you are just a drop in the bucket on Taobao. com?

淘宝用户千千万，是不是有一种沧海一粟的感觉？

We passed the hat to collect some money for the homeless people, but it's not enough. It is just a drop in the bucket.

我们想募集一些资金来帮助无家可归的人们，但是这笔钱不够多。只不过是九牛一毛而已。

Obviously, On the one hand, discretion power of drug administrative penalties is essential for modern administration; on the other hand, the efforts of traditional control models in the area of drug administrative penalties are a drop in the bucket.

由此可见，一方面，药品行政处罚裁量权是现代行政所必不可少的；另一方面，在现实情况下，药品行政处罚裁量传统控制模式所做的努力却是杯水车薪。

This business is just a drop in the bucket of what he owns.

这笔生意只不过是他所拥有的生意中的沧海一粟罢了.

People want to believe they are doing the right thing, but the impact is a drop in the bucket, said Nicolette Hahn Niman, an environmental lawyer and author whose husband, Bill Niman, pioneered the modern American grass-fed beef industry.

人们愿意相信自己在做正确的事，但效果很可能只是杯水车薪。环保律师与作家尼柯莱特·哈恩·尼曼（Nicolette Hahn Niman）说，她的丈夫比尔·尼曼（Bill Niman）是现代美国草饲牛工业的先驱之一。

These contributions are just a drop in the bucket.

例句：这些捐款只是杯水车薪。

But the momentum of this region's growth, the sheer land-of-the-giants scale of the buildings, makes the renewable energy here literally a drop in the bucket.

但面对这个地区的增长势头、建筑物的庞大规模，可再生能源实际上是杯水车薪。

The excellence initiative is a mere drop in the bucket.

“优异创新”奖的收入对各大学来说,只是杯水车薪.

Now, the fine is a drop in the bucket for a billionaire, but the punishment is more severe than what Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban received from the NBA last year for the sexually charged and hostile work environment women had to endure for years within his organization

现在，对亿万富翁来说，罚款是九牛一毛，但惩罚比达拉斯小牛老板马克·库班去年在nba获得的惩罚更严厉，因为在他的公司里，女性不得不忍受多年的性骚扰和恶劣的工作环境。

What I have done is just a drop in the bucket.

我所做的仅仅是杯水车薪而已。

However, compared to the huge, chaotic Internet information space, the information that each user really interested in is extremely finite, merely a drop in the bucket.

然而，相对于巨大、无序的互联网信息空间，每个用户真正需要的信息非常有限，仅仅是互联网信息空间的沧海一粟。

Well, my knowledge in the field is but a drop in the bucket.

唉, 我那点知识不过是本学科的沧海一粟.

I see, so a million virus is just a drop in the bucket when you have a hundred trillion cells.

我明白了，所以当你有一百兆个细胞时，一百万个病毒只是沧海一粟。

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.

Dave Cesark, an executive at Mesa Energy Partners LLC, tried to reassure, saying that fracking chemicals constitute "just a drop in the bucket": only 0.5% of the total fluids, including water, that the company uses to drill natural gas.

Mesa能源合伙公司经理戴夫？？赛萨科希望人们打消顾虑，他说，他们在破裂法中使用的化学品只是一篮水中的一滴，仅占包括水在内的液体总量的0.5%。

The knowledge we have is just a a drop in the bucket.

我们所拥有的知识不过只是沧海一粟.

Even if some endowments divest, this would be a drop in the bucket, easily filled by less active and [ LESS?] less socially conscious investors.

即使一些捐赠基金撤资了，也不过是杯水车薪，缺口很容易被那些不那么积极，社会意识不那么强的投资者填补上。

The amount being spent on scientific research a drop in the bucket.

花在科学研究上的就像是桶里的一滴水(少之又少).

Such farsightedness is, alas , only a drop in the bucket.

可惜,这些远见只是杯水车薪.