
好词典

源自拉丁语 'margo'(边缘),通过古法语 'marge' 进入英语,最初指物理边界,后引申为抽象概念的空间或余地。
❶ 指页面边缘的空白区域,通常用于打印或书写时留出空间,避免内容紧贴边缘。
“Please leave wide margins on both sides of the paper.”
(请在纸张两侧留出宽边距。)
“The teacher wrote comments in the margins of my essay.”
(老师在我文章的空白处写了评语。)
❶ 指利润、时间或资源等方面的余地或空间,表示超出最低需求的额外部分。
“We operate on very thin margins, so costs must be controlled carefully.”
(我们的利润空间很小,因此必须严格控制成本。)
“There's no margin for error in this experiment.”
(这个实验不容许任何差错。)
profit margins — 指企业收入减去成本后剩余的利润比例,常用于商业和财务分析。
“The company aims to improve its profit margins by reducing production costs.”
(公司计划通过降低生产成本来提高利润率。)
by a narrow margin — 表示以微小的差距或优势完成某事,常用于比赛、选举或比较场景。
“She passed the exam by a narrow margin of one point.”
(她以一分之差勉强通过了考试。)