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."
实用例句
1. The group had a net profit margin of 30% last year.
去年，这个集团的纯利润率为30%。来自柯林斯例句
2. The Sunday Times remains the brand leader by a huge margin.
《星期日泰晤士报》仍以巨大的优势稳居报业龙头的地位。来自柯林斯例句
3. They could end up with a 50-point winning margin.
他们最终可能会以50分的优势获胜。来自柯林斯例句
4. She began rubbing out the pencilled marks in the margin.
