marginal
marginal 英 [ˈmɑ:dʒɪnl] 美 [ˈmɑrdʒɪnl]
adj. 边缘的；微不足道的
名词复数:marginals
- Use the word marginal when something is minimal or barely enough. If you buy lemons and sugar, make lemonade and set up a stand on the street corner, but sell only a couple of glasses, your profits will be marginal.
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- adj. 边缘的；微不足道的
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1. a marginal improvement in weather conditions
天气条件的略微好转
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2. The story will only be of marginal interest to our readers.
我们的读者对这则故事不会很感兴趣。
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3. marginal groups in society
社会中的非主流群体
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4. a marginal seat
边缘席位
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5. marginal notes, marginal comments
页边的注解╱评论
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6. a Labour marginal
工党的边缘席位
- marginal (adj.) 1570s, "written on the margin," from Medieval Latin marginalis, from Latin margo "edge, brink, border, margin" (see margin (n.)). Sense of "of little effect or importance" first recorded 1887. Related: Marginally.
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