to give somebody a small part of what they want as a way of showing that you want to help them, without offering them the main thing they want施以小惠(以示助人,却不满足主要的要求);丢给某人一块骨头
She feels this new energy bill is just throwing a bone to the environmentalists.她认为这项新能源法案只是对环保主义者的侮辱。