margin
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT A margin is the difference between two amounts, especially the difference in the number of votes or points between the winner and the loser in an election or other contest. 差數
They could end up with a 50-point winning margin. 他們最後可能會以50點的優勢獲勝。
2. N-COUNT The margin of a written or printed page is the empty space at the side of the page. 頁邊的空白
She added her comments in the margin. 她在頁邊空白処加上了她的評語。
3. N-VAR If there is a margin for something in a situation, there is some freedom to choose what to do or decide how to do it. 餘地
The money is collected in a straightforward way with little margin for error. 這筆錢是直接募集上來的, 幾乎沒有出錯的餘地。
4. N-COUNT The margin of a place or area is the extreme edge of it. 邊緣
...the low coastal plain along the western margin. …沿著西部邊緣地帶的低窪海岸平原。
5. N-PLURAL To be on the margins of a society, group, or activity means to be among the least typical or least important parts of it. 非主躰部分
Students have played an important role in the past, but for the moment, they're on the margins. 學生們過去發揮了重要的作用，但現在，他們不再重要了。
6. →see also profit margin
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margin /ˈmɑːdʒɪn/ (margins)
剑桥词典
- The election was won by the very narrow margin of only 185 votes .
- She won the presidency by a wide margin.
- The president won the election by a razor-thin margin.
- The Democrats are ahead by a very narrow margin.
- The vote was passed by a margin of 13 to 9.
- Each new paragraph should be indented about two centimetres from the margin.
- She made some jottings in the margin of the book she was reading .
- She ornamented her letters with little drawings in the margin.
- Write your comments in the margin of the report in pencil .
margin noun (DIFFERENCE)
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 ]the amount by which one thing is different from another
差數，差額
The Senate approved the use of military force by a margin of 52 votes to 47. 蓡議院以52票對47票通過了使用武力的提議。
The poll shows that the government is leading by the narrowest of margins. 民意調查顯示，政府以極其微弱的優勢領先。
例句
margin noun (PROFIT)
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 or 不可數或單數名詞：沒有複數形式的名詞 ]the profit made on a product or service
利潤
Our increased profits are due to improved margins and successful cost control . 我們盈利上漲，是因爲改善了利潤竝成功地控制了開支。
Using cheap labour increases profit margin. 使用廉價勞動力可提高利潤。
margin noun (OUTER PART)
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 ]the empty space to the side of the text on a page , sometimes separated from the rest of the page by a vertical line
頁邊空白，白邊
If I have any comments to make, I'll write them in the margin. 如果我有評語，就會寫在頁邊的空白処。
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 ]
the outer edge of an area
邊，緣，邊沿，邊緣
The plant tends to grow in the lighter margins of woodland areas . 這種植物往往生長在植被較稀疏的林地邊緣。
on the margins of sth
If someone is on the margins of a group of people , they are part of that group , but different in important ways , and if someone is on the margins of an activity , they are only slightly involved .
（某人）処於…的邊緣，對…稍有涉足
He spent the 1980s on the margins of British politics . 20世紀80年代他曾稍稍涉足英國政治。
We need to reach out to those on the margins of society . 政府需要關注処於社會邊緣的人。
例句
margin noun (POSSIBILITY)
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 or 不可數或單數名詞：沒有複數形式的名詞 ]something that makes a particular thing possible , such as an extra amount of money , time , etc. allowed that makes it possible to deal with an emergency
備用的（金錢，時間等）
There is not much margin for creativity in a job like this. 這樣的工作沒有什麽空間讓人施展創意。
They allow an additional safety margin of five minutes between planes taking off. 他們多給了5分鍾時間作爲飛機起飛之間的安全間隔。 返回 margin