| 单词 | margin |
| 释义 | margin (once / 270 pages) n An amount beyond the minimum necessary is called the margin. If you sell craft items, you need to build in a profit margin so that you actually make money on the sale. You'll go broke if you sell mittens for $10 that cost you $15 to make. The blank space around the edges of a sheet of paper — as with the page of a book — that surrounds the text is called the margin. It serves a few purposes: (1) The paper can be bound into a book without covering up the words; (2) If you are a teacher, student, or editor, you can make comments or notes in the margin. (3) If you're bored in class, you can doodle there. WORD FAMILYmargin: marginal, margins+/marginal: marginalise, marginality, marginalize, marginally/marginalise: marginalisation, marginalised/marginalize: marginalization, marginalized, marginalizes, marginalizing USAGE EXAMPLESThe Senate’s margin is 34 Republicans and 16 Democrats. Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) He decided in 2004 to run for the state Senate, challenging incumbent John Hawkins, who won the race by a narrow margin. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Many of her grown adopted children, now off on their own, continue to struggle with mental illness and homelessness, living on society’s margins. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1n the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary Syn|Hypo|Hyper border, perimeter lip either the outer margin or the inner margin of the aperture of a gastropod's shell bound, boundary, edge a line determining the limits of an area 2n the blank space that surrounds the text on a page he jotted a note in the margin Hyper blank space, place, space a blank area 3n a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits Syn|Hyper allowance, leeway, tolerance disagreement, discrepancy, divergence, variance a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions 4n an amount beyond the minimum necessary the margin of victory Hypo|Hyper margin of error, margin of safety, safety margin the margin required in order to insure safety narrow margin, narrowness, slimnessa small margin amount the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion 5n (finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold Syn|Hyper gross profit, gross profit margin earnings, lucre, net, net income, net profit, profit, profits the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses) 6n the amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities Syn|Hyper security deposit deposit, down payment a partial payment made at the time of purchase; the balance to be paid later |
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