| 单词 | margin of safety |
| 释义 | margin of safety noun[C] ukus(alsosafety margin)something thatprotectssomeone by making itpossiblefor there to be anamountofriskor anumberofmistakeswithout having a verydamagingeffect: Ourenvironmentallawsaredesignedto makesurethatpeopleareprotectedto anadequatemarginofsafety. Amixofstocksandbondscanprovideaneededmarginofsafetywhen there's astockmarketsell-off. ACCOUNTING thedifferencebetween a company’ssalesand what it mustsellinordertobreakeven(= make neither aprofitnoraloss) Examplesofmargin of safetymargin of safety The allowances were meant to provide superior nutrition for civilians and military personnel, so they included amarginofsafety. From Wikipedia  This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.There are two separate definitions for themarginofsafetyso care is needed to determine which is being used for a given application. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The engineers calculated that twelve floodgates provided a large enoughmarginofsafety. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Animal toxicity studies support this observation in humans with primates demonstrating the greatestmarginofsafety. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Most conversion formulas attempt to approximate the amount of bandwidth needed, including amarginofsafety. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Toxicity may be due to metabolism products hydrogen sulfide and acetaldehyde, however as used it has amarginofsafetyof over 10,000,000. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Themarginofsafetyfor the ships to operate with, once they arrived in the objective area after the long voyage, was deemed unacceptable. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A common interpretation ofmarginofsafetyis how far below intrinsic value one is paying for a stock. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Could you do something to help the pedestrian to recover the oldmarginofsafetyon our common streets and roads? From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thus there is a certainmarginofsafetyto ensure that there will indeed be a lively auction with many bids submitted. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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