"drop in the ocean" in Chinese (Simplified)
Definition
与所需相比非常少，对整体几乎没有影响。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))
成语，常用于形容贡献、数量太小，对整体影响微乎其微。常见于新闻、正式场合。与“杯水车薪”意义相同。
Examples
Donating one dollar feels like a drop in the ocean when so many people need help.
捐一美元对于如此多需要帮助的人来说，简直是**杯水车薪**。
My effort to clean the park was just a drop in the ocean compared to what is still needed.
我清理公园的努力与需要完成的相比只是**杯水车薪**。
Fifty volunteers are just a drop in the ocean for a project this big.
对于这么大的项目，五十名志愿者只是**杯水车薪**。
Sure, every bit helps, but what we did was a drop in the ocean compared to the real need.
当然，每点努力都有帮助，但我们做的与真正的需求相比只是**杯水车薪**。
Raising awareness is great, but sometimes it feels like a drop in the ocean when the problem is so big.
提高意识很好，但有时当问题如此严重时，这只是一**杯水车薪**。
After all our fundraising, it turned out to be a drop in the ocean compared to what’s needed to solve the crisis.
在我们所有的筹款之后，与解决危机所需的相比，这只是**杯水车薪**。