Like the gentleman who fondly lectures the beggar before dropping a meager coin into his jar , they came to africa with an innate sense of superiority .
One example was " antizen " , which referred to the group of college graduates who , earning a meager salary and living in small rented apartments , were like the tiny and laborious ants .
Meager food rations and the 1950s cars that plod through havana 's streets , however , don 't represent authenticity or some tropical version of the western mania for " artisanal " products , but , rather , failed economic policy .
Investors , once they appreciate the meager potential , will drop the stocks .
当投资者意识到这种贫乏的潜力时,他们将抛售股票。
In this landscape of competing political and tribal authorities , where officials leverage their individual authority to supplement their meager incomes , interest groups fill the voids .
Since its enactment recently , more than 80 writers have been awarded pensions , which can reach almost $ 900 a month , supplementing often meager retirement income .