单词 | margin |
释义 | margin /'mcudjin; 'mordjm/ n [C] 1 blank space round the printed or written matter on a page: 空白边; 印刷品或书写品每页的空白边缘: wide/narrow ~s, 宽 (窄) 边; notes written in the ~. 写在空白处的注解; 眉批。 2 edge or border: 边; 缘: sit on the ~ of a lake/swimming pool; 坐在湖边 (游泳池边); road ~s. 路边。 3 amount (of time, money, etc) above what is estimated as necessary. (钱、时间等超出估计所需要之) 余裕; 余地。 4 condition near the limit or borderline, below or beyond which sth is impossible: 边际; 极限: a safety ~. 安全限度。 He escaped defeat by a narrow ~. 板差一点儿失败了。 5 (comm) difference between cost price and selling price: (M)成本舆售价的差额; 盈余; 毛利: an increase of a penny a gallon in the dealer's ~ on the price of petrol. 在汽油的价格上商人的利润每加仑增加一便士。 ~al /-nl; -nil adj 1 of or in a ~ (1): 页边的; 空白处的: ~al notes. 页边的注解。 2 of a ~ (4): 边际的: The differences between the employers and the worker are ~al. U 主与工人间的不同寿限。 ~al land, land which is not fertile enough for profitable farming except when prices of farm products are high. 边际土地 (不够肥沃,耕种无利可获,非至农产价格高涨时不加利用) 。 ~al seat/constituency, one where the MP has been elected by a small majority. 边际席位 (选区) (超过对方票数很少而当选国会议员的席位或选区) 。~旳 /-nak; -nh/ adv |
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