Each of the children received a sapling.

孩子们每个人都得到了一棵树苗。

Volunteers have planted 1,000 saplings in the barren desert.

志愿者们已经在这片贫瘠的沙漠上种了1000棵树苗。

These young people, like saplings, thrive in spite of the heavy wind and rain.

这些年轻人就像树苗一样，不惧风雨茁壮成长。

A sapling needs pruning, a child discipline.

小树要砍，小孩要管。

It becomes a weak, frail sapling.

它变成了一棵虚弱的小树苗。

Still a little sapling, just a sprout.

还是个正在生长的嫩芽。

She cut down the sapling with one chop.

她一斧子就把树苗砍倒了。

They've found a newly sprouted sapling.

它们找到一棵刚发芽的树苗。