margin

noun

1. 页边空白；白边
   the empty space at the side of a written or printed page
   1. the left-hand/right-hand margin
      左 / 右页边
   2. a narrow/wide margin
      窄 / 宽空白边
   3. notes scribbled in the margin
      随手写在页边上的笔记
2. （获胜者在时间或票数上领先的）幅度，差额，差数
   the amount of time, or number of votes, etc. by which sb wins sth
   1. What are your average operating margins?
      你的平均营业利润率是多少？
   2. a gross margin of 45%
      45%的毛利
3. （获胜者在时间或票数上领先的）幅度，差额，差数
   the amount of time, or number of votes, etc. by which sb wins sth
   1. What are your average operating margins?
      你的平均营业利润率是多少？
   2. a gross margin of 45%
      45%的毛利
4. 余地；备用的时间（或空间、金钱等）
   an extra amount of sth such as time, space, money, etc. that you include in order to make sure that sth is successful
   1. a safety margin
      安全距离
   2. The narrow gateway left me little margin for error as I reversed the car.
      门口狭窄，弄得我倒车时几乎不能出任何差错。
5. 边缘；极限；界限
   the extreme edge or limit of a place
   1. the eastern margin of the Indian Ocean
      印度洋的东岸
6. 边缘部分；非主体部分
   the part that is not included in the main part of a group or situation
   1. people living on the margins of society
      生活在社会边缘的人
7. （基本工资以外的）技术津贴，职务补贴
   an amount that is added to a basic wage, paid for special skill or responsibility

1. N-COUNT (尤指选票或比分的)差额，差数
   A margin is the difference between two amounts, especially the difference in the number of votes or points between the winner and the loser in an election or other contest.
   1. They could end up with a 50-point winning margin...
      他们最终可能会以50分的优势获胜。
   2. The Sunday Times remains the brand leader by a huge margin...
      《星期日泰晤士报》仍以巨大的优势稳居报业龙头的地位。
   3. The margin in favor was 280-to-153.
      赞成票以280票比153票的优势领先。
2. N-COUNT 页边空白;页边;白边
   The margin of a written or printed page is the empty space at the side of the page.
   1. She added her comments in the margin.
      她在页边的空白处写下了评语。
3. N-VAR 余地;富余
   If there is a margin for something in a situation, there is some freedom to choose what to do or decide how to do it.
   1. The money is collected in a straightforward way with little margin for error...
      钱是直接筹集上来的，不太容易出错。
   2. These charges can carry prison terms of up to five years, though there's a wide margin of discretion...
      尽管量刑幅度很大，但是这些指控仍面临长达5年的刑期。
   3. Out in front, Clarke had built up such a sizeable safety margin that he eased the pace and started cruising.
      克拉克远远地开在前面，已保持了一段足够长的安全车距，他于是放慢车速，开始定速巡航。
4. N-COUNT 边缘;边沿
   The margin of a place or area is the extreme edge of it.
   1. ...the low coastal plain along the western margin...
      沿着西部边缘的地势低平的沿海平原
   2. These islands are on the margins of human habitation.
      这些岛屿位于人类聚居地的边缘。
5. N-PLURAL （社会、群体或活动中的）边缘地位，非主体地位
   To be on the margins of a society, group, or activity means to be among the least typical or least important parts of it.
   1. Students have played an important role in the past, but for the moment, they're on the margins.
      学生过去曾经发挥了重要的作用，不过现在他们变得无足轻重了。
   2. ...signs of the party's rapid retreat to the political margins.
      该党在政治上迅速失势的种种迹象
6. See also: profit margin

1. The Sunday Times remains the brand leader by a huge margin
   《星期日泰晤士报》仍以巨大的优势稳居报业龙头的地位。
2. She added her comments in the margin.
   她在页边的空白处写下了评语。
3. The money is collected in a straightforward way with little margin for error
   钱是直接筹集上来的，不太容易出错。
4. Out in front, Clarke had built up such a sizeable safety margin that he eased the pace and started cruising.
   克拉克远远地开在前面，已保持了一段足够长的安全车距，他于是放慢车速，开始定速巡航。
5. These islands are on the margins of human habitation.
   这些岛屿位于人类聚居地的边缘。
6. Students have played an important role in the past, but for the moment, they're on the margins.
   学生过去曾经发挥了重要的作用，不过现在他们变得无足轻重了。
7. They had lost by a wide margin, but their supporters gave them a defiant, loyal ovation.
   他们以较大的差距败北，但支持者们还是给予了热烈的掌声，以示对对手的不服和对他们的忠诚。
8. They pass on their cost of borrowing and add it to their profit margin
   他们将借款成本转嫁，将其算到利润率里面。
9. The group had a net profit margin of 30% last year.
   去年，这个集团的纯利润率为30%。
10. She began rubbing out the pencilled marks in the margin.
    她开始擦掉空白处的铅笔笔迹。
11. When Republican write-ins were included, Johnson's margin of victory was only 330 votes
    将共和党非推荐候选人所获选票计入在内的话，约翰逊只多赢了330票。
12. We have to cut our coat according to our cloth. Nowadays there's no margin at all.
    如今都是可着头做帽子，一点富余也不能的。
13. This year's cotton production exceeds last year's by a big margin.
    今年的棉花产量大大超过了去年。
14. Scientific inventions such as these have raised labour productivity by a big margin.
    诸如此类的科学发明，都大大提高了劳动生产率。
15. There are notes in the margin on every page.
    每页边上都有批注。
16. Left margin including indent must be less than the right margin.
    含缩进值的左页边距必须小于右页边距。
17. He made a notation on the margin of the paper.
    他在纸边上作了一个记录。
18. He is on the margin of bare subsistence.
    他正处在挨饿的边缘。
19. She won the championship by a narrow margin.
    她以微弱优势赢得冠军。
20. The new bill got through by a margin of two votes.
    那个新议案仅以两票的多数获得通过。
21. Monitor and control gross margin set by the management.
    监督和控制由管理层设定的毛利。
22. The deal narrows my margin and increases my risk.
    这笔交易缩小了我的回旋余地，而且增加了我的风险。
23. You read what he wrote in the margin?
    你看了他在补白写的东西了么？
24. This method integrated Locality Preserving Projection ( LPP) with Maximum Margin Criterion ( MMC).
    该方法融合了保局投影（LPP）和最大间距准则（MMC）两种方法。
25. Someone's made notes in the margin.
    有人在页边空白处做了笔记。
26. This research provides morphological evidences for further study on tectonic activities in the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau.
    本研究为进一步研究青藏高原东缘的活动构造提供了重要的地貌证据。

noun

1. a permissible difference

   Synonym:    allowanceleewaytolerance

2. an amount beyond the minimum necessary
   1. the margin of victory

3. the blank space that surrounds the text on a page
   1. he jotted a note in the margin

4. (finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold

   Synonym:    gross profitgross profit margin

5. the amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities

   Synonym:    security deposit

6. the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary

   Synonym:    borderperimeter