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marginal

英 ['mɑːdʒɪn(ə)l] 美['mɑrdʒɪnl]
  • adj. 边缘的;临界的;末端的

英英释意


1. at or constituting a border or edge;
"the marginal strip of beach"
2. of questionable or minimal quality;
"borderline grades"
"marginal writing ability"
3. of a bare living gained by great labor;
"the sharecropper's hardscrabble life"
"a marginal existence"
4. just barely adequate or within a lower limit;
"a bare majority"
"a marginal victory"
5. producing at a rate that barely covers production costs;
"marginal industries"
"marginal land"
6. of something or someone close to a lower limit or lower class;
"marginal abilities"