| 单词 | marginal |
| 释义 | marginal /mɑːdʒɪnl; name mɑːrdʒ-/ adjective1.small and not having an important effect 微小的；少量的；不重要的◆there has been a marginal improvement in retail sales. 零售出现小幅度增长。◆the difference between the two estimates is marginal. 两个估价之间的差距非常微小。 (economics 经济学) [only before noun] connected with a single change in the level of an activity 边际的◆the company should increase the salary to the point where the marginal benefits equal the marginal cost. 公司的加薪幅度应该以边际收益等于边际成本为界限。 ➡ marginal cost , marginal productivity , marginal revenue (economics 经济学) that can hardly make enough money to cover the costs of production 收入仅敷支出的；微不足道的◆the bigger oil companies can spend money on marginal oil development. 大型石油公司可以在利润微薄的石油开采项目上投入资金。◆marginal companies have been forced to leave the industry. 收入仅敷支出的公司被迫退出该行业。4.not part of a main or an important group or system 不重要的；次要的◆they have decided to expand their marginal brands. 他们决定拓展其非主流品牌。◆the business has been left with only marginal workers (= for example, people who do not work regularly or all the time). 这项业务只留给边缘劳工做。☞ marginalmarginal /mɑːdʒɪnl; name mɑːrdʒɪnl/ [usually before noun] (especially bre) (in politics) won or lost by a very small number of votes in the last election and therefore very important or interesting politically（议席或选区）边缘的，游离的（以微弱票数决定成败）◆their campaign targeted marginal constituencies.他们的竞选活动针对边缘选区。◆they risk losing key marginal seats at the next election.他们承受失去下次选举关键边缘席位的风险。opp safe ⓘ in british politics a safe seat is a constituency where a particular party has a lot of support and is unlikely to be defeated in an election.在英国政治中，safe seat 指某政党稳操胜券的选区。marginal /mɑːdʒɪnl; name mɑːrdʒɪnl/ (rather formal) only slight小的；微不足道的；不重要的◆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。◆the difference between the two estimates is marginal.这两种估计差别很小。▸ marginally adverb◆he's in a new job but he's only marginally better off.他换了新工作，但也多挣不了多少钱。marginal/ˈmɑ:dʒɪnl ||; ˈmɑrdʒɪnḷ/adj small in size or importance 细小的；不重要的: ◇the differences are marginal. 这些差别微不足道。 ➔marginally adv ◇in most cases costs will increase only marginally. 在大多数情况下，成本只会稍微增加。 marginalsee ⇨ unimportant 3 mar·gin·al /`mɑrdʒɪnḷ; ˈmɑːdʒɪnəl/adjvery small or unimportant 小的; 微不足道的; 不重要的:◇a marginal improvement 细微的改善 |
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