Various confused and contradictory explanations surfaced from ministers, but not the oil. Only at their next officially scheduled meeting did they come up with a meager quota increase.

• 人们盼到的是部长们花样百出又自相矛盾的解释而不是石油。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。