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(尤指選票或比分的)差額，差數
A margin is the difference between two amounts, especially the difference in the number of votes or points between the winner and the loser in an election or other contest.
例句
They could end up with a 50-point winning margin...
他們最終可能會以50分的優勢獲勝。
The Sunday Times remains the brand leader by a huge margin...
《星期日泰晤士報》仍以巨大的優勢穩居報業龍頭的地位。
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頁邊空白;頁邊;白邊
The margin of a written or printed page is the empty space at the side of the page.
例句
She added her comments in the margin.
她在頁邊的空白處寫下了評語。
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余地;富余
If there is a margin for something in a situation, there is some freedom to choose what to do or decide how to do it.
例句
The money is collected in a straightforward way with little margin for error...
錢是直接籌集上來的，不太容易出錯。
These charges can carry prison terms of up to five years, though there's a wide margin of discretion...
盡管量刑幅度很大，但是這些指控仍面臨長達5年的刑期。
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邊緣;邊沿
The margin of a place or area is the extreme edge of it.
例句
...the low coastal plain along the western margin...
沿著西部邊緣的地勢低平的沿海平原
These islands are on the margins of human habitation.
這些島嶼位于人類聚居地的邊緣。
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（社會、群體或活動中的）邊緣地位，非主體地位
To be on the margins of a society, group, or activity means to be among the least typical or least important parts of it.
例句
Students have played an important role in the past, but for the moment, they're on the margins.
學生過去曾經發揮了重要的作用，不過現在他們變得無足輕重了。
...signs of the party's rapid retreat to the political margins.
該黨在政治上迅速失勢的種種跡象