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. (尤指选票或比分的)差额，差数
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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。
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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。
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The margin in favor was 280-to-153.
赞成票以280票比153票的优势领先。
SYN gap, amount, difference, majority
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. 页边空白;页边;白边
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. 余地;富余
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The money is collected in a straightforward way with little margin for error. [+ for]
钱是直接筹集上来的，不太容易出错。
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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。
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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。
SYN room, space, surplus, allowance
4 N-COUNT 边缘;边沿 The margin of a place or area is the extreme edge of it. 边缘;边沿
SYN edge, side, limit, border
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. （社会、群体或活动中的）边缘地位，非主体地位
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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。
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...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
| Word Partnership | Use margin with: |
| ADJ. | comfortable margin, large margin, slim margin 1 narrow margin, wide margin 1 2 |
| N. | margin for error 3 |
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