marginal

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈmɑː.d͡ʒɪ.nəl/    美 /ˈmɑɹ.d͡ʒɪ.nəl/|/ˈmɐː.d͡ʒɪ.nəl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Something or somebody that is marginal.
    — […] discusses those who belong to the discipline's dominant cults, the mainliners, and their relations with the marginals and mavericks.
  2. A constituency won with a small margin.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of, relating to, or located at or near a margin or edge; also figurative usages of location and margin (edge). not-comparable,usually
    — The marginal area at the edge of the salt-marsh has its own plants.
  2. Of, relating to, or located at or near a margin or edge; also figurative usages of location and margin (edge).; Written in the margin of a book. not-comparable,usually
    — There were more marginal notes than text.
  3. Of, relating to, or located at or near a margin or edge; also figurative usages of location and margin (edge).; Sharing a border; geographically adjacent. not-comparable,usually
    — Monmouthshire is a Welsh county marginal to England.
  4. Determined by a small margin; having a salient characteristic determined by a small margin.; Of a value, or having a characteristic that is of a value, that is close to being unacceptable or leading to exclusion from a group or category. comparable,not-comparable,usually
    — His writing ability was marginal at best.
  5. Determined by a small margin; having a salient characteristic determined by a small margin.; Barely productive. comparable,not-comparable,usually
    — He farmed his marginal land with difficulty.
  6. Determined by a small margin; having a salient characteristic determined by a small margin.; Subject to a change in sitting member with only a small change in voting behaviour, this usually being inferred from the small winning margin of the previous election. Australia,New-Zealand,UK,comparable,not-comparable
    — In Bristol West, Labour had a majority of only 1,000, so the seat is considered highly marginal this time around.
  7. Pertaining to changes resulting from a unit increase in production or consumption of a good. not-comparable,usually
  8. Marginalized. not-comparable,usually
    — The caseworker couldn't understand how I could have stretched out my last bit of money for so long. She seemed convinced that I was "hiding" income from her and interrogated me for I don't know how long. […] The system seems based on the assumption that people are "welfare cheats." If you don't speak English or are marginal in some other way, it's worse.

词形变化

more marginal comparative most marginal superlative marginals plural

词汇关系

衍生词
admarginal bimarginal callosomarginal cingulomarginal circummarginal comarginal dorsomarginal ectomarginal endomarginal epimarginal extramarginal frontomarginal ice-marginal inferomarginal inframarginal interiomarginal intermarginal intramarginal marginal analysis marginal benefit marginal cost marginal credit marginal distribution marginal farmer marginalise marginalism marginalist marginalistic marginality marginalization marginalize marginally marginalness marginal note marginal sea marginal utility marginal wharf multimarginal nonmarginal perimarginal postmarginal submarginal supermarginal supramarginal transmarginal unmarginal
相关词
margin marginalia

词源

词源 1
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin marginālis, equivalent to margin + -al.
词源 2
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin marginālis, equivalent to margin + -al.
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