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单词 marginal
释义
marginal
adjective
uk
/ˈmɑː.dʒɪ.nəl/us
/ˈmɑːr.dʒɪ.nəl/

marginaladjective(SMALL)

C2
verysmallinamountoreffect:
微小的；少量的
Thereportsuggeststhat there has only been a marginalimprovementin women'spayover the past fewyears.报告显示，过去几年女性的工资只有小幅增长。
of marginal interest
ofinterestto only a fewpeople:
只有少数人感兴趣的
articlesaboutsubjectsof marginalinterest话题只有寥寥数人感兴趣的节目
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Of little or less importance
  • be in/undersomeone'sshadowidiom
  • be neither here nor thereidiom
  • be no big dealidiom
  • biggie
  • derisory
  • lowly
  • meaninglessly
  • meaninglessness
  • mere
  • merely
  • minor
  • peripheral
  • petty
  • piffling
  • play second fiddleidiom
  • poxy
  • rinky-dink
  • secondarily
  • subordinate
  • valueless
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Tedious and uninspiring

marginaladjective(POLITICS)

A marginalpoliticalareaorpositioninparliamentcan bewonby only asmallnumberofvotesbecausesupportfor themainpartiesisequallydividedamong thepeoplevoting:
（选举中仅以微弱多数取胜的）边缘选区（或席位）
The marginalToryconstituencywasheldby 2,200votes.保守党的这个边缘选区是以2200票获得的。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Elections
  • absentee
  • absentee ballot
  • absentee vote
  • absentee voter
  • absentee voting
  • entrance poll
  • exit poll
  • first-past-the-post
  • flip
  • franchise
  • proportional representation
  • proxy
  • proxy vote
  • proxy voter
  • proxy voting
  • voting
  • voting booth
  • voting machine
  • voting slip
  • whistle-stop
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marginal
noun[C]
UK
uk
/ˈmɑː.dʒɪ.nəl/us
/ˈmɑːr.dʒɪ.nəl/
a marginalpoliticalareaorpositioninparliament:
（议会的）边缘席位；边缘政治领域
Labourlosttwo of thekeymarginals in London.工党失去了伦敦两个关键性的边缘选区。
The minister's ownseatis aTorymarginal.这位大臣的席位是保守党的边缘席位。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Elections
  • absentee
  • absentee ballot
  • absentee vote
  • absentee voter
  • absentee voting
  • entrance poll
  • exit poll
  • first-past-the-post
  • flip
  • franchise
  • proportional representation
  • proxy
  • proxy vote
  • proxy voter
  • proxy voting
  • voting
  • voting booth
  • voting machine
  • voting slip
  • whistle-stop
See more results »
(Definition ofmarginalfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

marginal| American Dictionary

marginal
adjective
us
/ˈmɑr·dʒɪ·nəl/
smallinamountoreffect:
Thedifferencebetween the twobidswas marginal.

marginally

adverbus
/ˈmɑr·dʒɪ·nəl·i/
Ithinkhisguessis only marginallybetterthan anybody else's.
(Definition ofmarginalfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

marginal| Business English

marginal
adjective
uk
/ˈmɑːdʒɪnəl/us
verysmallinamountoreffect:
a marginal improvement/increase/decreaseThereportsuggeststhat there has only been a marginalimprovementin women'spayover the past fewyears.
We havedoubledourcomputingpowerat a marginalextracost.
The fuel-priceincreasewill have only amarginaleffecton theroadfuelmarket.
not veryimportant:
Manufacturing is only a marginalsectorin the UK thesedays.
Theircontributiontobusinessstrategyhas been marginal.
ECONOMICS
producingjust enoughincometocoverthecostsof making andsellingsomething:
Theirsalesvolumesare marginal.
Foryears, these marginaloperatorshave only justmanagedtokeepgoing andbankswill notlookat themfavorably.
POLITICS
a marginalseat(=areawith onepoliticalrepresentative)is one in which apoliticianhaswonby asmallnumberofvotes, so it isfairlylikelyto bewonby anotherpartywhen there is anelection:
TheseMPshaveruralseats, many of them marginal.
(Definition ofmarginalfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmarginal

marginal
However, one does not want to see this legislation tip the scales against the interests of the in-betweens, or marginals.
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He was not averse to working in the marginals.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Are we not in reality overproducing oil from the big fields when, a long time ago, a programme to accelerate and develop the marginals should have taken place?
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Constantmarginalcost is assumed for model simplification.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The sign of this correction factor is ambiguous and depends on the sign of themarginalrisk effect of the input at hand.
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An added twist in the model is a productivity shock, which changes the value ofmarginalproduct of water for farms.
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Themarginalprice is the charge made for the last cubic meter of water used.
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Such information should be made available to a large group of farmers at lowmarginalcost.
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If a good is rationed, price is notmarginalutility.
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In textbook analyses, utility can be scaled such that themarginalutility of a consumption good is equal to the market price.
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Thus,marginalcost pricing preserves efficiency in the irrigation sector but by drawing on public funds may contribute to inefficiency in other sectors.
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Parking, punctuality, and quality are dummy variables, so the reported elasticities andmarginaleffects are only approximations.
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A more extensive analysis would have to be conducted to get better estimates of themarginalcost of each activity.
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A much better alternative seems to be to raise (marginal, and to some degree average) water prices, and instead limit rationing.
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The optimal stringency of a policy instrument depends on themarginalwelfare effects rather than the total welfare effects.
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