margin
n. 邊緣,範圍; 極限; 利潤,盈餘; (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...
他們最終可能會以50分的優勢獲勝。
The Sunday Times remains the brand leader by a huge margin...
《星期日泰晤士報》仍以巨大的優勢穩居報業龍頭的地位。
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.
她在頁邊的空白處寫下了評語。
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...
錢是直接籌集上來的,不太容易出錯。
These charges can carry prison terms of up to five years, though there's a wide margin of discretion...
儘管量刑幅度很大,但是這些指控仍面臨長達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...
沿著西部邊緣的地勢低平的沿海平原
These islands are on the margins of human habitation.
這些島嶼位於人類聚居地的邊緣。
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.
學生過去曾經發揮了重要的作用,不過現在他們變得無足輕重了。
...signs of the party's rapid retreat to the political margins.
該黨在政治上迅速失勢的種種跡象
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
這些名詞均有"邊,邊緣"之意。
margin of error
允許出錯的餘地;犯錯誤的餘地
There is no margin for error in our plan.
我們的計劃中不留有誤差幅度.
He is on the margin of death.
他已瀕臨死亡.
We allowed a margin of 20 minutes in catching the train.
我們有20分鐘的餘地趕火車.
He is on the margin of bare subsistence.
他正處在捱餓的邊緣.
The village is situated at the margin of a forest.
村子位於森林的邊緣.