marginal

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基本釋義

adj.
邊的,邊緣的; 旁注的; 臨界的,最低限度的; 收入僅敷支出的
n.
(議會或地方委員會的)邊緣席位

詞性變化

實用例句

a marginal improvement in weather conditions

天氣條件的略微好轉(zhuǎn)

牛津詞典

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

我們的讀者對這則故事不會很感興趣。

牛津詞典

marginal groups in society

社會中的非主流群體

牛津詞典

a marginal seat/constituency

邊緣席位 / 選區(qū)

牛津詞典

marginal notes/comments

頁邊的注解 / 評論

牛津詞典

a Labour marginal

工黨的邊緣席位

牛津詞典

This is a marginal improvement on October...

這是對10月份的一個小小改善。

The role of the opposition party proved marginal.

結(jié)果顯示反對黨的作用微乎其微。

The tribunals were established for the well-integrated members of society and not for marginal individuals...

特別法庭是為主流社會成員、而非個體設(shè)立的。

I don't want to call him marginal, but he's not a major character.

我不想說他是個小人物,可他也不是什么大人物。

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

選民對5個邊緣席位的看法

The analysts applaud the cuts in marginal businesses, but insist the company must make deeper sacrifices...

分析家們贊同削減邊緣業(yè)務(wù),但堅持認(rèn)為公司必須作出更大犧牲。

For low-paid workers, the marginal tax rate is at least 75%.

對于低收入的工人來說,邊際稅率至少為75%。

The poor are forced to farm in more marginal lands higher up the mountains.

窮人們被迫在山巒更高處的更為貧瘠的土地上耕作。

...helping farmers, so they do not have to exploit marginal lands.

幫助農(nóng)民們,這樣他們便不必開墾貧瘠的土地了。

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

商行的銷路稍有好轉(zhuǎn).

《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》

Very marginal in ? ows into US high yield funds.

流入美國高收益基金的資金相當(dāng)少.

期刊摘選

British Guiana, however, was a marginal problem.

可是, 英屬圭亞那仍然極不穩(wěn)定.

辭典例句

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

新的法律將導(dǎo)致生活費用輕微上漲.

期刊摘選

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

老板偶然來到你的辦公桌時,你總是在做一些無關(guān)緊要的事.

期刊摘選

But there are uses for marginal lands.

但邊緣土地還是有很多用處的.

期刊摘選

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

在猶太教看來,他是個非常邊緣的人.

期刊摘選

We had sold off our marginal assets.

我們已經(jīng)出售了我們的那些可有可無的資產(chǎn).

期刊摘選

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

方法采用邊際成本方法對卒中病人平均住院日標(biāo)準(zhǔn)做一嘗試性的評估.

期刊摘選

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

勞動供給的下降導(dǎo)致勞動的邊際產(chǎn)量增加, 這導(dǎo)致工資的上升.

期刊摘選

真題例句

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月閱讀原文

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月閱讀原文

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 c

2017年6月六級真題(第一套)閱讀 Section B

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

2019年高考英語江蘇卷 閱讀理解 任務(wù)型閱讀 原文

英英釋義

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"

同義詞辨析

marginal, minor, negligible, minimal

這些形容詞均含"不重要的,次要的"之意。

  • marginal: 指處于邊緣,幅度、范圍小,故價值或重要性不大。
  • minor: 多指與別的比較后顯得不重要,或指較少、較小。
  • negligible: 指數(shù)量小,不重要,微不足道或可忽略不計。
  • minimal: 指最少、最低或最小。

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