margin
n. 边缘,范围; 极限; 利润,盈余; (版心外)的空白
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.
They could end up with a 50-point winning margin...
他们最终可能会以50分的优势获胜。
The Sunday Times remains the brand leader by a huge margin...
《星期日泰晤士报》仍以巨大的优势稳居报业龙头的地位。
The margin of a written or printed page is the empty space at the side of the page.
She added her comments in the margin.
她在页边的空白处写下了评语。
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.
The money is collected in a straightforward way with little margin for error...
钱是直接筹集上来的,不太容易出错。
These charges can carry prison terms of up to five years, though there's a wide margin of discretion...
尽管量刑幅度很大,但是这些指控仍面临长达5年的刑期。
The margin of a place or area is the extreme edge of it.
...the low coastal plain along the western margin...
沿着西部边缘的地势低平的沿海平原
These islands are on the margins of human habitation.
这些岛屿位于人类聚居地的边缘。
To be on the margins of a society, group, or activity means to be among the least typical or least important parts of it.
Students have played an important role in the past, but for the moment, they're on the margins.
学生过去曾经发挥了重要的作用,不过现在他们变得无足轻重了。
...signs of the party's rapid retreat to the political margins.
该党在政治上迅速失势的种种迹象
1. the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary
2. a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
3. the amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities
4. (finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold
5. the blank space that surrounds the text on a page
6. a strip near the boundary of an object;
edge, border, margin, rim, verge, brim, fringe
这些名词均有"边,边缘"之意。
margin of error
允许出错的余地;犯错误的余地
There is no margin for error in our plan.
我们的计划中不留有误差幅度.
He is on the margin of death.
他已濒临死亡.
We allowed a margin of 20 minutes in catching the train.
我们有20分钟的余地赶火车.
He is on the margin of bare subsistence.
他正处在挨饿的边缘.
The village is situated at the margin of a forest.
村子位于森林的边缘.