English Dictionary

marginal

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈmɑːˌdʒɪn.əl/

形容詞

比較不可 通常 比較可能 陸上 オーストラリア英語 ニュージーランド英語 イギリス英語 前置詞句

Written in the margin of a book. / (geography) Sharing a border; geographically adjacent.

日本語の意味

書籍の余白に書かれた / 国境や地方の境界を共有している、地理的に隣接している

Her marginal notes helped me understand the arguments better.

彼女の書籍の余白に書かれたメモは、議論をよりよく理解するのに役立った。

意味（1）

Written in the margin of a book.

There were more marginal notes than text.

意味（2）

(geography) Sharing a border; geographically adjacent.

Monmouthshire is a Welsh county marginal to England.

意味（3）

Of a value, or having a characteristic that is of a value, that is close to being unacceptable or leading to exclusion from a group or category.

His writing ability was marginal at best.

意味（4）

(of land) Barely productive.

He farmed his marginal land with difficulty.

意味（5）

(politics, chiefly UK, Australia, New Zealand, of a constituency) Subject to a change in sitting member with only a small change in voting behaviour, this usually being inferred from the small winning margin of the previous election.

In Bristol West, Labour had a majority of only 1,000, so the seat is considered highly marginal this time around.

意味（6）

(economics, not comparable) Pertaining to changes resulting from a unit increase in production or consumption of a good.

more marginal （ comparative ）

most marginal （ superlative ）