margin, brim, brink, edge, rim, verge
这组词都有“边”“边沿”的意思。
1.edge指物体两平面交接处的边缘或边线; brink指悬崖峭壁的边缘; brim指如壶、杯、碗等各种形状容器的内侧边缘,也指帽子的边; rim指任何圆形物体的缘、周或边; verge指一平面或广阔区域的尽头,也常指道路的边缘; margin指书页的空白边缘,也可指物体的边缘。
2.用在比喻中, edge指尖锐性、严峻性等; verge表示濒临某种感情或行动的状态; margin的意思是“留有余地”; brink常用于借喻中,指濒临某种危险。
They had lost by a wide margin, but their supporters gave them a defiant, loyal ovation.
他们以较大的差距败北，但支持者们还是给予了热烈的掌声，以示对对手的不服和对他们的忠诚。
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The money is collected in a straightforward way with little margin for error.
钱是直接筹集上来的，不太容易出错。
——柯林斯例句
The group had a net profit margin of 30% last year.
去年，这个集团的纯利润率为30%。
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I wrote annotations in the margin of the book.
我在书的边缘作注.
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The output of 13 major products has increased by a wide margin.
13项主要产品的产量都有大幅度增长.
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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。
——柯林斯例句
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。
——柯林斯例句
They pass on their cost of borrowing and add it to their profit margin.
他们将借款成本转嫁，将其算到利润率里面。
——柯林斯例句
We allowed a margin of 20 minutes in catching the train.
我们有20分钟的余地赶火车.
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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。
——柯林斯例句
The survey has a margin of error of 2.5%.
测量的误差幅度为2.5%。
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Against the run of the polls, the Socialist Workers' Party won Sunday's general election by an unexpectedly large margin.
工人社会党逆转乾坤，出乎意料地以较大优势获得了星期天大选的胜利。
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He has the habit of making notes on the margin while reading.
他读书时有在页边空白处作注释的习惯.
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This year's cotton production exceeds last year's by a big margin.
今年的棉花产量大大超过了去年.
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She began rubbing out the pencilled marks in the margin.
她开始擦掉空白处的铅笔笔迹。
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She won the champion by a narrow margin.
她以微弱优势赢得冠军.
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He is on the margin of bare subsistence.
他正处在挨饿的边缘.
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He is on the margin of death.
他已濒临死亡.
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The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 5 per cent.
民意测验有上下5%的误差率。
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There is no margin for error in our plan.
我们的计划中不留有误差幅度.
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Scientific inventions such as these have raised labour productivity by a big margin.
诸如此类的科学发明,都大大提高了劳动生产率.
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He was elected chairman by a narrow margin.
他以微弱多数当选为主席.
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The village is situated at the margin of a forest.
村子位于森林的边缘.
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The margin of safety has grown thin.
安全系数已变小了.
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We have to cut our coat according to our cloth. Nowadays there's no margin at all.
如今都是可着头做帽子,一点富余也不能的.
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There are notes in the margin on every page.
每页边上都有批注.
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