A drop in the bucket.とは 意味・読み方・使い方

Yoshinobu changed regulations for regime organization, in which he newly established the posts of the chief of the army, navy, internal affairs, foreign affairs, and accounting, and he also introduced French military system with help of Napoleon Ⅲ, but these were just a drop in a bucket.発音を聞く 例文帳に追加

これにより、陸軍・海軍・国内事務・外国事務・会計の各総裁が置かれるなど官制の変更やナポレオン3世の援助によるフランス軍制の導入が行われたが、もはや焼け石に水であった。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス

To solve the problems that a trash bag and trash get stuck on needles, cannot be pulled out, and do not drop in a glove bucket for incinerator in which the needles are provided and protrude to increase bag breaking effect.例文帳に追加

針を突設して破袋効果を上げた焼却炉用のグラブバケットにおいて、針にごみ袋やごみが突き刺さって抜け落ちない、という問題を解消する。 - 特許庁

An arc-shaped turn carrying part 10c at which carrying plates 20 are turned is not provided with an outer circumferential wall so that medals in the vicinity of an outer circumferential edge may freely drop from the carrying plates 20, and a collection bucket 70 for collecting the medals that have dropped from the carrying plates is also provided.例文帳に追加

搬送板２０が転回する円弧形状の転回搬送部１０ｃに、外周壁を設けず、外周端近傍のメダルが搬送板２０上から落ちてもよいようにするとともに、その搬送板上か落ちたメダルを回収する回収桶７０を設ける。 - 特許庁

It was apparent that so great deal of ammunition would be required that the production for 6000 rounds of ammunition per day would be a drop in the bucket when full-fledged mobilization from the garrisons throughout Japan to Kyushu would start, then, a new plant of ammunition annexed with a lead furnace for bullets and a percussion cap factory was constructed in order to increase the production.発音を聞く 例文帳に追加

また各鎮台から九州への本格的な動員が開始されると膨大な量の弾薬が必要となり、6,000発/日程度の生産数では焼け石に水の効果しかない事が明らかだったため、更なる増産が図られて弾丸用の鉛溶解炉や雷管製造所を併設した新工場が建設された。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス