margin
UK ['mɑ:.dʒɪn] US ['mɑ:r-] noun countable
DIFFERENCE 差额
ADVANCED
■the amount by which one thing is different from another 差数，差额•The Senate approved the use of military force by a margin of 52 votes to 47.参议院以52票对47票通过了使用武力的提议。 •The poll shows that the government is leading by the narrowest of margins.民意调查显示，政府以极其微弱的优势领先。
UK ['mɑ:.dʒɪn] US ['mɑ:r-] noun countable
OUTER PART 远离中心的部分
ADVANCED
■the empty space to the side of the text on a page, sometimes separated from the rest of the page by a vertical line 页边空白，白边•If I have any comments to make, I'll write them in the margin.如果我有评语，就会写在页边的空白处。 ■the outer edge of an area 边，缘，边缘•The plant tends to grow in the lighter margins of woodland areas.这种植物往往生长在植被较稀疏的林地边缘。 on the margins of sth
■If someone is on the margins of a group of people, they are part of that group, but they are different in important ways, and if someone is on the margins of an activity, they are only slightly involved （某人）处于…的边缘，对…稍有涉足•He spent the 1980s on the margins of British politics.20世纪80年代他曾稍稍涉足英国政治。 •The government needs to reach out to those on the margins of society.政府需要关注处于社会边缘的人。 |