margin

英 ['mɑ?d??n] 美['mɑrd??n]

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復(fù)數(shù):?margins;

margin 頁(yè)邊，邊緣

來自拉丁語(yǔ)marginem,邊緣，邊界，來自PIE*merg,記號(hào)，標(biāo)記，邊界，詞源同mark,march.引申詞義湖邊，河邊，頁(yè)邊等。

margin: margin: [14] Margin comes from margin-, the stem form of Latin margō ‘margin’. This appears to go back to the same ultimate source as English mark (which originally meant ‘boundary’). The now archaic synonym marge [15] was borrowed from the Latin word’s French descendant.
=> march, mark
margin (n.): mid-14c., "edge of a sea or lake;" late 14c., "space between a block of text and the edge of a page," from Latin marginem (nominative margo) "edge, brink, border, margin," from PIE *merg- "edge, border, boundary" (see mark (n.1)). General sense of "boundary space; rim or edge of anything" is from late 14c. Meaning "comfort allowance, cushion" is from 1851; margin of safety first recorded 1888. Stock market sense of "sum deposited with a broker to cover risk of loss" is from 1848. Related: Margins.
margin (v.): c. 1600, "to furnish with marginal notes," from margin (n.). From 1715 as "to furnish with a margin."

1. The group had a net profit margin of 30% last year.: 去年，這個(gè)集團(tuán)的純利潤(rùn)率為30%。

2. The Sunday Times remains the brand leader by a huge margin.: 《星期日泰晤士報(bào)》仍以巨大的優(yōu)勢(shì)穩(wěn)居報(bào)業(yè)龍頭的地位。

3. They could end up with a 50-point winning margin.: 他們最終可能會(huì)以50分的優(yōu)勢(shì)獲勝。