marginal是什么意思？

marginal

英[ˈmɑ:dʒɪnl] 美[ˈmɑrdʒɪnl]

• adj. 边的，边缘的，旁注的，临界的，最低限度的，收入仅敷支出的；

复数：marginals;

例句

• This once important social group is becoming more and more marginal. 这个一度十分重要的社会集团越来越无足轻重了。
• The new law will have only a marginal effect on the lives of most people. 新法律对大多数人的生活不会有重大的影响。
• The marginal illustration is very interesting. 页边的插图很有趣。
• At the peak of efficiency, the marginal cost of production equals the average cost of production. 在效率的峰值点, 生产的边际成本等于生产的平均成本.
• The dangerous type chronic otitis media occurs with pars flaccida and marginal perforations. 慢性中耳炎的危险型可出现鼓膜松弛部的穿孔和鼓膜边缘性穿孔.
• Yet this simple arithmetic ignores an offsetting effect: diminishing marginal returns. 然而,这种简单的算法忽略了一种抵消效应: 边际收益递减.
• He won the most marginal seat by only two votes. 他只以两票的微弱优势当选.
• a marginal improvement in weather conditions 天气条件的略微好转
• Those most in need will be the landless, both rural and urban, and marginal subsistence farmers. 最需要帮助的人群, 是城乡的无地者和处于温饱边缘的农民.
• There are marginal hyperemia and pain , itching , burning sensation as symptoms. 睑缘充血 、 主觉痛痒及烧灼感.

同义词解析

• 以下这些形容词均包含 "不重要的，次要的" 的意思
  marginal：指处于边缘，幅度、范围小，故价值或重要性不大。
  minor：多指与别的比较后显得不重要，或指较少、较小。
  negligible：指数量小，不重要，微不足道或可忽略不计。
  minimal：指最少、最低或最小。

英语六级真题

Still, at the most selective schools, where thousands of candidates may submit identically high grades and test scores, a marginal item like the essay may serve as a tie-breaker between two equally qualified candidates.
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柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  （事情）微小的，不重要的
  If you describe something as marginal, you mean that it is small or not very important.
  例句
  This is a marginal improvement on October... 这是对10月份的一个小小改善。 The role of the opposition party proved marginal. 结果显示反对党的作用微乎其微。
• ADJ-GRADED
  (人)非主流的，边缘的
  If you describe people as marginal, you mean that they are not involved in the main events or developments in society because they are poor or have no power.
  例句
  The tribunals were established for the well-integrated members of society and not for marginal individuals... 特别法庭是为主流社会成员、而非个体设立的。 I don't want to call him marginal, but he's not a major character. 我不想说他是个小人物，可他也不是什么大人物。
• ADJ-GRADED
  (席位或选区)边缘的，以相差无几的票数获胜（或失败）的
  In political elections, a marginal seat or constituency is one which is usually won or lost by only a few votes, and is therefore of great interest to politicians and journalists.
  例句
  ...the views of voters in five marginal seats. 选民对5个边缘席位的看法
• ADJ
  （活动、花费、税项等）边际的，边缘的
  Marginal activities, costs, or taxes are not the main part of a business or an economic system, but often make the difference between its success or failure, and are therefore important to control.
  例句
  The analysts applaud the cuts in marginal businesses, but insist the company must make deeper sacrifices... 分析家们赞同削减边缘业务，但坚持认为公司必须作出更大牺牲。 For low-paid workers, the marginal tax rate is at least 75%. 对于低收入的工人来说，边际税率至少为75%。
• ADJ-GRADED
  (土地)贫瘠的
  Marginal land is not very good for growing crops or grass for animals.
  例句
  The poor are forced to farm in more marginal lands higher up the mountains. 穷人们被迫在山峦更高处的更为贫瘠的土地上耕作。 ...helping farmers, so they do not have to exploit marginal lands. 帮助农民们，这样他们便不必开垦贫瘠的土地了。

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  (印或记)在页边的
  The marginal illustration is very interesting. 页边的插图很有趣。
  不重要的, 微小的, 少量的
  The new law will have only a marginal effect on the lives of most people. 新法律对大多数人的生活不会有重大的影响。 This once important social group is becoming more and more marginal. 这个一度十分重要的社会集团越来越无足轻重了。
  仅以微弱多数票获胜的
  He won the most marginal seat by only two votes. 他只以两票的微弱优势当选。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. at or constituting a border or edge;
  "the marginal strip of beach"
  2. of questionable or minimal quality;
  "borderline grades""marginal writing ability"
  3. of a bare living gained by great labor;
  "the sharecropper's hardscrabble life""a marginal existence"
  4. just barely adequate or within a lower limit;
  "a bare majority""a marginal victory"
  5. producing at a rate that barely covers production costs;
  "marginal industries""marginal land"
  6. of something or someone close to a lower limit or lower class;
  "marginal abilities"

行业词典

• 医学： 缘的，边缘的；