英语词汇“a drop in the ocean”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	a drop in the ocean
释义	a drop in the ocean phrase If you say that something is a drop in the ocean, you mean that it is a very small amount which is unimportant compared to the cost of other things or is so small that it has very little effect on something. [emphasis] His fee is a drop in the ocean compared with the real cost of broadcasting. See full dictionary entry for ocean a drop in the ocean or a drop in the bucket something, especially an amount of money, that is very small in comparison with the amount which is needed or expected, so that its effect is insignificant Unfortunately, this tax won't raise a lot of money. It's a drop in the ocean, really.
随便看	to wheel around to whine about sth to whip sb into hysteria/a frenzy to whip sth out/off/away to whisk sb away or off to whisper sth to sb to whittle sth down/away to whizz past (sth) to whom did you give it? "to whom it may concern" towie to will sb to do sth to win a victory over sb to win by a landslide to win by a mile or miles to win by default to wind sth around sth to wind through/uphill etc to windward to windward of to wine and dine to wine and dine sb towing-line towing path towing-rope

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