margins

英 [ˈmɑːdʒɪnz]

美 [ˈmɑrdʒənz]

n.  页边空白; 白边; (获胜者在时间或票数上领先的)幅度，差额，差数; 余地; 备用的时间(或空间、金钱等)
margin的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (尤指选票或比分的)差额，差数
  Amarginis 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.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. The margin in favor was 280-to-153.
     赞成票以280票比153票的优势领先。
• N-COUNT 页边空白;页边;白边
  Themarginof a written or printed page is the empty space at the side of the page.
  1. She added her comments in the margin.
     她在页边的空白处写下了评语。
• N-VAR 余地;富余
  If there is amarginfor something in a situation, there is some freedom to choose what to do or decide how to do it.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. Out in front, Clarke had built up such a sizeable safety margin that he eased the pace and started cruising.
     克拉克远远地开在前面，已保持了一段足够长的安全车距，他于是放慢车速，开始定速巡航。
• N-COUNT 边缘;边沿
  Themarginof a place or area is the extreme edge of it.
  1. ...the low coastal plain along the western margin...
     沿着西部边缘的地势低平的沿海平原
  2. These islands are on the margins of human habitation.
     这些岛屿位于人类聚居地的边缘。
• N-PLURAL （社会、群体或活动中的）边缘地位，非主体地位
  To beon the marginsof a society, group, or activity means to be among the least typical or least important parts of it.
  1. 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。
  2. ...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
• See also:profit margin

双语例句

• You can individualize a document by adding comments in the margins.
  你可以在页边空白处添加评论使文件变得富有个性。
• 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。
• Property developers will face challenges including shrinking profit margins and intensifying competition.
  房地产开发商将面临包括利润率下降和竞争加剧在内的种种挑战。
• Falling raw milk prices caused by a supply glut have boosted margins more than discounting hit revenues.
  供应过剩所致原奶价格下跌，提升了利润，缓冲了打折销售对收入的冲击。
• Limit the capacity of airlines will be able to maintain profit margins.
  限制运力将能够保持航空公司的利润率。
• Just compare the stock performance and profit margins of the two industries.
  你对比一下这两个行业的股票业绩和利润率就知道了。
• Large-scale production and professional management have helped to offset the high costs and tight margins of farming such areas.
  大规模的生产和专业的管理有助于抵消在这些地区进行耕作的高成本和薄利润。
• But his profit margins have dissolved as prices have fallen.
  但随着价格的走低，他的利润空间消失了。
• These islands are on the margins of human habitation.
  这些岛屿位于人类聚居地的边缘。
• That eats into their profit margins.
  这种做法侵蚀了它们的利润率。