The wind and snow still howled around them.

The weather is horrible right now with the snow, hail and rain coming down in buckets.

现在天气糟透了,漫天大雪纷飞、大雨如注 、 冰雹猛烈.

It was snowing hard. All the villagers stayed at home and warmed themselves by the fire.

大雪纷飞, 乡亲们都在家里烤火取暖. (取暖是目的)

The snow fell in a whirl.

大雪纷飞.

Would you like French, Thousand Island, or Italian?

你喜欢法式汁 、 千岛汁, 还是意大利的菠菜汁?

Considering the losses in the disaster area, our support was an utterly inadequate measure.

比起灾区的损失, 我们的支援不过杯水车薪.

The limit medical aid we provided only scratched the surface of the problem here.

我们提供的有限的医疗援助对于这里的情况只是杯水车薪.

Now it is like spitting on a forest fire.

可现在却像是杯水车薪了.

It would be a drop in the ocean compared the amount we required.

和我们所需的相比这简直是杯水车薪.

Only at their next officially scheduled meeting did they come up with a meagre quota increase.

直到他们下一次的官方会议他们才做出了增加配额的决定,但也是杯水车薪.

The excellence initiative is a mere drop in the bucket.

“优异创新”奖的收入对各大学来说,只是杯水车薪.

Still, that is a fraction of the need.

然而, 这仅仅是杯水车薪.

Only at their next officially scheduled meeting did they come up with a meager quota increase.

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.

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.

This competition attains 1 point, to the new Sichuan foot without doubt futile attempt.

本场比赛拿到1分, 对新川足来说无疑杯水车薪.

He hardly put a foot wrong in defence and was fine in attack.

他防守的时候几乎滴水不漏，进攻也很出色。

The lad has a large comceit of himself.

你的解释滴水不漏.

Yet this world is not so closed as It'seems.

然而,这个看似封闭的世界并不是滴水不漏的.

The newly-designed glue is waterproof and can Bear endless heavy rain.

新型防水胶经得起连续的大雨冲刷,滴水不漏.

Little strokes fall great oaks.

绳锯木断,水滴石穿.

We should remember a worthy proverb Constant dropping of water wears away a stone.

我们应记住一条有价值的谚语“水滴石穿”.