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marginal 音标拼音: [m'ɑrdʒənəl] a. 边缘的,末端的,有旁注的 边缘的,末端的,有旁注的 marginal 边缘的;临界的;边际的 marginal 边际 marginal adj 1: at or constituting a border or edge; "the marginal strip of beach" [synonym: {fringy}, {marginal}] 2: of questionable or minimal quality; "borderline grades"; "marginal writing ability" [synonym: {borderline}, {marginal}] 3: just barely adequate or within a lower limit; "a bare majority"; "a marginal victory" [synonym: {bare(a)}, {marginal}] 4: producing at a rate that barely covers production costs; "marginal industries" Marginal \Mar"gin*al\, a. [Cf. F. marginal.] 1. Of or pertaining to a margin. [1913 Webster] 2. Written or printed in the margin; as, a marginal note or gloss. [1913 Webster] 3. At the lower limit; barely sufficient; as, of marginal utility. [PJC] marginal cost 41 Moby Thesaurus words for "marginal": bordering, borderline, boundary, bounding, coastal, determinant, determinative, determining, disputable, doubtful, dubious, extreme, fringing, frontier, inferior, infinitesimal, insignificant, limbic, liminal, limit, limiting, littoral, low-priority, minimal, negligible, no great shakes, of no account, of no consequence, of no matter, of no significance, on the edge, questionable, rimming, secondary, skirting, slight, small, terminal, threshold, tiny, unimportant can decrease {GC} time drastically." In everyday terms, this means that it is a lot easier to clean off your desk if you have a spare place to put some of the junk while you sort through it. 2. Of extremely small merit. "This proposed new feature seems rather marginal to me." 3. Of extremely small probability of {win}ning. "The power supply was rather marginal anyway; no wonder it fried." [{Jargon File}] (1994-10-21)
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