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margin
mar·gin / 5mBrdVIn ; 5mB:dVEn /noun C
1. the empty space at the side of a page页边的空白，页边，白边:
•Someone had scribbled a note in the margin .有人在页边写了几笔。
•Use double spacing and wide margins to leave room for comments.用双倍行距和宽松的页边空白，这样可以有地方写评注。
2. the difference in the number of votes, points etc that exists between the winners and the losers of a competition or election〔竞赛或选举中胜方和负方在选票上或得分上的〕差数:
by a wide / narrow / significant etc margin
•They're a world-class team and it was no surprise that they won by such a wide margin.他们是世界一流水平的队伍，以如此大的分差赢得比赛不足为奇。
by a margin of 10 points / 100 votes etc
•The bill was approved by a margin of 55 votes.这项法案以 55 票的多数通过了。
3. the difference between what it costs a business to buy or produce something and what they sell it for利润，赚头:
•Margins are low and many companies are struggling.利润很少，很多公司在苦苦挣扎。
•Within 10 years they had a gross profit margin of 50%.10 年里他们的毛利润达到了 50%。
4. usually singularan additional amount of something such as time, money, or space that you include in order to make sure that you are successful in achieving something余地; 备用的时间（金钱，空间）:
•It'll take about 30 minutes to dry but I'd allow a safety margin of, say, another 10 minutes.要 30 分钟左右才能干，不过保险一点，再加 10 分钟吧。
5. margin of error the degree to which a calculation might or can be wrong误差值，误差幅度:
•The survey has a margin of error of 2.1%.这次调查的误差值为 2.1%。
6. margin for error how many mistakes you can make and still be able to achieve something出错的余地:
•At this late stage in the competition there is no margin for error.在这个比赛的最后阶段不允许出现任何差错。
7. technicalor literary the edge of something, especially an area of land or water〔尤指地域或水域的〕边缘，边隅:
•the western margin of southern Africa非洲南部的西隅
8. on the margin(s) a person on the margins of a situation or group has very little power, importance or influence处于边缘地位，处于非主体地位〔意为无权无势，缺乏影响力〕;SYNon the fringes
•unemployed youths living on the margins of society 生活在社会边缘的失业青年

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