这20美元只是杯水车薪。
我所做的仅仅是杯水车薪而已。
饥荒十分严重，援助也只是杯水车薪。
可现在却像是杯水车薪了。
目前对第三世界的援助不过是杯水车薪。
Third World is at present little more than a drop in the ocean.
王志们的援手固然重要，但这仅是杯水车薪。
But while such support as Wang Zhi's is vital, it is a drop in the ocean.
比起灾区的损失，我们的支援不过杯水车薪。
Considering the losses in the disaster area, our support was an utterly inadequate measure.
他说：“半个百分点只不过是杯水车薪而已。”
"Half a percent is a drop in the ocean to be honest," he said.
他的捐赠有如杯水车薪，是完全无济于事的。
His donation is but a drop in the bucket. It won't help at all.
我挣的钱是杯水车薪。
但这对不断增加的失业人数来说，只是杯水车薪。
But it is a meagre sandbag against the rising waters of unemployment.
那也只是杯水车薪。
那只是杯水车薪，我需要一大笔钱来清偿债务。
That's just a drop in the bucket. I need too much to get back on my feet.
尽管如此，这一计划对于贫穷的人们来说也只是杯水车薪。
The scheme is only a slight relief, if at all, for the poor.
但是这些努力很可能只是杯水车薪，也难以立刻付诸实践。
But, these efforts may not be sufficient or be implemented soon enough.
但是，多数石油公司辨称，如此只是杯水车薪而无法稳定产量。
But this, the oil companies argue, is barely enough to keep production stable.
即使有29个门诊计划中心和32个营养补充计划也只是杯水车薪。
Even with 29 outpatient therapeutic programme centres and 32 supplementary feeding programmes, she admits it's only a pinprick in the sea of need.
既便如此，对去年高达337.6太瓦时的总需求来说，这只是杯水车薪。
Even so, it will make only a small contribution to total demand, which last year amounted to 337.6TWh.
当前创造的就业机会也只是杯水车薪，还远远无法达到中产阶级的生活水准。
The few jobs now being created too often pay a pittance, not nearly enough to pry open the doors to a middle-class standard of living.
例如他把他月收入的一部分给那个慈善机构，但是他知道这只是杯水车薪。
Example he gives a proportion of his monthly income to that charity, but he knows it's only a drop in bucket for them.
不过这仍然只是杯水车薪，2008年太阳能仅占美国能源消耗的0.1%。
But that is still a drop in the bucket. Only about one-tenth of 1 percent of the energy consumed in the United States came from solar sources in 2008.
直到他们下一次的官方会议他们才作出了增加配额的决定，但也是杯水车薪。
Only at their next officially scheduled meeting did they come up with a meagre quota increase.
但这对于不满的购房者要面对的继续增长或永久性财富蒸发的风险仍然杯水车薪。
Still, this does little to protect buyers from the risk of substantial wealth destruction if these price declines are permanent or escalate.
奥卡万戈三角洲方圆几千平方英里，但是在广袤的卡拉哈里沙漠，这简直是杯水车薪。
The Okavango covers thousands of square miles, but it is really just a thin sheet of water stretched across the sands of the Kalahari.
这个改变很好，但穿梭于这几英里长的海岸线，感觉就像是杯水车薪，因为就我一人负责。
It's a good change, but driving those fewer miles feels like a drop in a bucket because I am just one person.
这个改变很好，但穿梭于这几英里长的海岸线，感觉就像是杯水车薪，因为就我一人负责。
It's a good change, but driving those fewer miles feels like a drop in a bucket because I am just one person.
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