marginal
英 [ˈmɑː.dʒɪ.nəl]
美 [ˈmɑːr.dʒɪ.nəl]
将“marginal”分解为“mar”(意味着边缘或外面)和“ginal”(类似“gal”或“gang”),想象一个女孩(gal)站在边缘(mar),或者一群人(gang)在边缘游荡,强调他们在群体或重要性的边缘地位,从而记忆这个单词表示“边缘的”或“微不足道的”。
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marginal 页边的,边缘的来自margin,页边,边缘。
- marginal (adj.)
- 1570s, "written on the margin," from Medieval Latin marginalis, from Latin margo "edge, brink, border, margin" (see margin (n.)). Sense of "of little effect or importance" first recorded 1887. Related: Marginally.
- 1. For low-paid workers, the marginal tax rate is at least 75%.
- 对于低收入的工人来说,边际税率至少为75%。
- 2. This is a marginal improvement on October.
- 这是对10月份的一个小小改善。
- 3. a marginal improvement in weather conditions
- 天气条件的略微好转
- 4. He won the most marginal seat by only two votes.
- 他只以两票的微弱优势当选.
- 5. This once important social group is becoming more and more marginal.
- 这个一度十分重要的社会集团越来越无足轻重了.