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"