margin
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(a) blank space round the written or printed matter on a page (書寫品或印刷品紙頁上的)空白邊緣, 頁邊空白
wide/narrow margins 寬的[窄的]頁邊
notes written in the margin 寫在頁邊上的注解.
(b) edge or border 邊; 緣; 邊沿
the margin of a lake, pool, pond, etc 湖、 水池、 池塘等的邊.
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(a) amount of space, time, votes, etc by which sth is won 獲得某事物相差的時空、 票數等的量; 差數; 差額; 差距
a wide margin between the winner and the loser, eg a big difference in points scored 勝敗雙方比分的巨大差數
He beat the other runners by a margin of ten seconds/by a wide margin. 他以領先十秒[很大差距]戰勝了其他賽跑者.
She won the seat by a margin of ten votes. 她以十票優勢贏得席位.
(b) amount of space, time, etc which is allowed for success or safety 為成功或安全而應有的時空等的量; 余地
Leave a good safety margin between your car and the next. 要在你的汽車和另一輛車之間留出一段足夠的安全距離.
3 (commerce 商) difference between cost price and selling price 成本與售價間的差額; 贏利; 利潤
a business operating on tight (ie small) (profit) margins 賺頭小的生意.