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mar.gin DIFFERENCEH5mB:7JIn, $5mB:r-n [C]the amount by which one thing is different from another差数，差距The Senate approved the use of military force by a margin of 52 votes to 47.参议院以52对47票通过采取军事行动（的提议）。The poll shows that the government is leading by the narrowest of margins.民意调查显示政府以最微弱的优势领先。The August deadline for the project leaves us with no margin for error (= no additional time if things do not happen as planned).工程的截止期是8月，我们出了差错根本没有时间返工。A margin of error is an additional amount of something, such as time or money, which you allow because there might be a mistake in your calculations.机动的时间、金钱When archaeologists date objects that are thousands of years old, they allow a margin of error of several hundred years.考古学家对有数千年历史的物体测定年代时，会允许几百年的误差。The government estimates that its borrowing requirement this year could reach ￡150 billion, subject to a wide margin of error. 政府预计今年的借款将达1, 500亿英镑，此数额允许有较大误差。In business, a (profit) margin is the difference between the amount of money that a company receives and the amount which it spends.差额，利润Many small companies operate on very narrow margins.许多小公司微利经营着。
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