a drop in the bucket
n.
九牛一毛，沧海一粟；杯水车薪；
双语例句
用作形容词(adj.)
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。
The amount of money Mr. Howell spent on a new Rolls-Royce was just a drop in the bucket compared to his annual salary.
豪威尔先生卖一辆辛劳斯莱斯汽车的钱和他的年薪相比不过是沧海一粟。
权威例句
A drop in the bucketA Drop In The Bucket
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Tumor volume as a predictor of radiocurability--a drop in the bucket?
1. Her 20-dollar donation is a drop in the bucket because they need to raise thousands of dollars for this project.
她20美元的捐款只是九牛一毛，因为他们需要为这个项目筹集几千美元。
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2. The 20 dollars is a drop in the bucket.
这20美元只是杯水车薪。
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3. 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，但那只是沧海一粟。
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4. Testing each compound would be a huge and very expensive undertaking - a drop in the bucket considering how many traditional medicines there are.
测试每一个化合物将是巨大而非常昂贵的工作——考虑到传统药物的数量，这是沧海一粟。
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5. While we're seeing increased interest in some online services from consumers over the past few years, its still a drop in the bucket of psychotherapy services.
在过去的一些年里，我们看到了消费者们对线上服务的兴趣越来越浓，可是心理疗法服务可却是沧海一粟。
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6. Still, it's a drop in the bucket and the possibilities for other life-supporting bodies are endless.
只是，这不过是沧海一粟，其它可能支撑生命存活的星球仍是无止境的。
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7. But these villages are just a drop in the bucket.
但这两个村庄只是沧海一粟。
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8. 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。
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9. 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.
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%。
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10. An extra 4 million barrels, while nice to have, is a drop in the bucket.
多出来的400万桶，当然如果能多出来是件好事，只不过是滴到整个水桶中的一滴水。
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11. But that is of course a drop in the bucket compared to the number of companies that use Microsoft Office and its other enterprise solutions.
但这比起微软的Office和其他企业解决方案，当然只能是小巫见大巫。
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12. For a millionaire the cost of a luxury car is a drop in the bucket.
对一位百万富翁来说，买一辆豪华车的花费只是九牛一毛。
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13. 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。
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14. We're just like a drop in the bucket among the universe.
在宇宙中间我们就像沧海一粟。
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15. 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。
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16. It's a drop in the bucket.
那也只是杯水车薪。
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17. Compared with mine, his was simply a drop in the bucket.
和我的相比，他的损失只是九牛一毛。
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18. Don't worry about it. It's just a drop in the bucket. That car has more scratches on it than I can count.
不用担心。这只是桶里的一滴水而已。这辆车上的刮痕都数不过来了。(再多一条也无所谓了)。
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19. 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？
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20. What I have done is just a drop in the bucket.
我所做的仅仅是杯水车薪而已。
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21. His donation is but a drop in the bucket. It won't help at all.
他的捐赠有如杯水车薪，是完全无济于事的。
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22. In fact, the total resources of the hospital services would furnish no more than a drop in the bucket by comparison with the need of the community.
实际上，与社会需要相比，这所医院能够提供的全部救助是很微小的。
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23. Pulling the bucket up out of the well, she found that there was not even a drop of water in it, for the well had run completely dry.
当她把汲桶拉上来时，发现竟然一滴水也没有，原来井已干枯了。
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24. 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。
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25. I've been saving my allowance for two months, but it's still only a drop in the bucket, and it'll take me forever to save enough money for a new car.
看来我要存一辈子才能买辆新车，我已经存了两个月的奖金了，还只是九牛一毛而已。
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26. 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。
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27. 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。
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