marginal

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mar·gin·al /ˈmɑːdʒɪnəl $ ˈmɑːr-/ AWL adjectiveadj

1 UNIMPORTANTa marginal change or difference is too small to be important 小的，微不足道的，不重要的 OPP significant

a marginal increase in the unemployment figures

失业人数的小幅增加

a marginal improvement in profits

利润的小幅提高

2 technical relating to a change in cost, value etc when one more thing is produced, one more dollar is earned etc 边际的

marginal revenue

边际收益

3. marginal seat/constituency British EnglishBrEPPV a seat in a parliament or similar institution, which can be won or lost by a small number of votes 〔议会或类似机构中以少量票数分胜负的〕边缘席位/选区

Examples from the Corpus

marginal seat/constituency• Another factor not taken into account before the election was the number of expatriate Tory voters registered in marginal constituencies.• Hand in hand with this measure goes an equally bold re-focusing of Labour's strategy concerning marginal constituencies.• She said Darlington had been chosen because it was a marginal constituency.• There is a core vote-a traditional solid Labour support-in every constituency in the land, including marginal seats.• In the 1979 and 1983 elections there were examples of locally popular candidates holding their marginal seats against the national swing.• Mr Devlin's constituency was a marginal seat before Parliament was dissolved last week, having a majority of 774.• One of the country's two most marginal seats, Brecon and Radnor, also declares today.• The Prime Minister rounded off his campaign by visiting two Tory marginal seats in south London.

4 marginal people or groups are not considered powerful or important 非主体的；边缘的 OPP mainstream

The album contains too many songs by marginal bands.

这张专辑中收入太多非主流乐队演唱的歌曲。

5 EDGE[only before noun] written in a margin 写在页边的

marginal notes

边注 [旁注]

Examples from the Corpus

marginal• Some crimes were acts of protest, but within the overall context of illegal activity they were marginal.• The difference between the two cars is marginal.• Businesses can already buy from suppliers in different countries, and exchange costs are marginal.• Instead it allows for the discovery of both marginal gainers and losers.• Large cities in America had become the home of the poor and socially marginal groups.• a marginal increase in sales• There has been only a marginal increase in sales.• The result is a marginal increase in the risk of infection.• Above $ 75,000, the marginal rate would jump, again, to 34 percent.• But when films are taxed we have just seen that the marginal social benefit of another film exceeds its marginal cost.• Thus, beyond a certain point the marginal social benefit of further risk reduction will exceed the marginal social cost.• In Sussex they are much more important for their breeding birds than reservoirs as they generally have much more marginal vegetation.

From Longman Business Dictionary

marginalmar·gin·al /ˈmɑːdʒənəlˈmɑːr-/ adjectiveadj

1a marginal change, increase, fall etc is very small, and not enough to make an important difference

The country’s unemployment rate declined to 7.5% in June from 7.6% in May, as a result of a marginal increase in employment.

—marginally adverbadv

The US dollar gained marginally on the yen and Canadian dollar.

2marginal products, activities, buildings etc are not considered to be the main part of a business or industry, but may still be important

There will be the same number of hit movies, but an increased number of marginal films will perform poorly.

3ECONOMICS relating to a change in a cost, value etc when one more thing is produced, one more dollar is earned etc

The marginal return is the added output resulting from employing one more farmer.

4ECONOMICSmaking hardly any profit

a heavily subsidized marginal industry

mar·gin·al adjectiveadj

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