杯水车薪的英文

trying to put out a burning cartload of faggots with a cup of water -- an utterly inadequate measure; a drop in the bucket; make a useless attempt; quench the fire of a cartload of firewoods with one cup of water; take an utterly +更多解释...inadequate measure

• 水车:    1.(灌溉工具) waterwhee ...
• 八杯水:    face oasis hydrati ...
• 半杯水:    act 3 halfempty; h ...

例句与用法

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1. This was thin gruel for sadat .
   这对于萨达特来说是杯水车薪。
2. The famine is so bad , aid can only scratch the surface .
   饥荒十分严重，援助也只是杯水车薪。
3. Aid to the third world is at present little more than a drop in the ocean .
   目前对第三世界的援助不过是杯水车薪。
4. But that barely begins to address the need
   但这无疑是杯水车薪。
5. Still , that is a fraction of the need
   然而，这仅仅是杯水车薪。