marginal

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英[ˈmɑːdʒɪnl]

美[ˈmɑːrdʒɪnl]

基本释义

adj.: 边的，边缘的; 旁注的; 临界的，最低限度的; 收入仅敷支出的

n.: （议会或地方委员会的）边缘席位

词性变化

复数:marginals;

实用例句

a marginal improvement in weather conditions

天气条件的略微好转

牛津词典

The story will only be of marginal interest to our readers.

我们的读者对这则故事不会很感兴趣。

牛津词典

marginal groups in society

社会中的非主流群体

牛津词典

a marginal seat/constituency

边缘席位 / 选区

牛津词典

marginal notes/comments

页边的注解 / 评论

牛津词典

a Labour marginal

工党的边缘席位

牛津词典

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。

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。

...the views of voters in five marginal seats.

选民对5个边缘席位的看法

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%。

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。

There has been a marginal improvement in the firm's sales.

商行的销路稍有好转.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

Very marginal in ? ows into US high yield funds.

流入美国高收益基金的资金相当少.

期刊摘选

British Guiana, however, was a marginal problem.

可是, 英属圭亚那仍然极不稳定.

辞典例句

The new law will cause a marginal increase in the cost of living.

新的法律将导致生活费用轻微上涨.

期刊摘选

You are always doing something marginal when the boss drops by your desk.

老板偶然来到你的办公桌时,你总是在做一些无关紧要的事.

期刊摘选

But there are uses for marginal lands.

但边缘土地还是有很多用处的.

期刊摘选

So according to Jewish religion he was a very marginal person.

在犹太教看来,他是个非常边缘的人.

期刊摘选

We had sold off our marginal assets.

我们已经出售了我们的那些可有可无的资产.

期刊摘选

Methods Marginal cost method was used to determine the average days of stay for stroke inpatients.

方法采用边际成本方法对卒中病人平均住院日标准做一尝试性的评估.

期刊摘选

With a smaller supply of workers , the marginal product of labor rose, which raised wages.

劳动供给的下降导致劳动的边际产量增加, 这导致工资的上升.

期刊摘选

真题例句

The reasoning behind this saying is that low oil prices discourage investment in new production capacity, eventually shifting the oil supply curve backward and bringing prices back up as existing oil fields—which can be tapped at relatively low marginal cost—are depleted.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

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.

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

2017年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

But humans enjoyed all of these advantages for a full 2 million years during which they remained weak and marginal creature.

2019年高考英语江苏卷阅读理解任务型阅读原文

英英释义

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"

同义词辨析

marginal, minor, negligible, minimal

这些形容词均含"不重要的，次要的"之意。

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。

同义词

peripheral

反义词

central

marginal

基本释义

词性变化

实用例句

真题例句

英英释义

1. at or constituting a border or edge;

2. of questionable or minimal quality;

3. of a bare living gained by great labor;

4. just barely adequate or within a lower limit;

5. producing at a rate that barely covers production costs;

6. of something or someone close to a lower limit or lower class;

同义词辨析

marginal, minor, negligible, minimal

同义词

反义词

最新英语单词