
好词典

源自拉丁语 'margo',意为边缘或边界,通过古法语 'marge' 传入英语。
❶ 指页面的空白边缘,通常指纸张或屏幕四周未印刷或显示内容的区域。
“Please leave a one-inch margin on all sides of the paper.”
(请在纸张四周留出一英寸的页边距。)
“She wrote notes in the margin of her textbook.”
(她在课本的空白处写了笔记。)
❶ 指在数量或程度上的差额或余地,通常用于描述优势、利润或安全空间。
“The team won by a narrow margin of two points.”
(这个队以两分的微弱优势获胜。)
“We need to maintain a safety margin in our budget.”
(我们需要在预算中保留一定的安全余地。)
by a margin — 表示以某种差距或差额,通常用于描述比赛、选举或比较中的差距。
“She won the election by a wide margin.”
(她以巨大优势赢得了选举。)
margin of error — 指允许的误差范围或可接受的偏差程度,常用于统计或测量中。
“The survey has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percent.”
(这项调查的误差范围为正负3个百分点。)