名詞 margin:

1. the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary
   同義詞：border, perimeter
2. an amount beyond the minimum necessary
3. the amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities
   同義詞：security deposit
4. (finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold
   同義詞：gross profit, gross profit margin
5. the blank space that surrounds the text on a page
6. a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
   同義詞：allowance, leeway, tolerance
7. a strip near the boundary of an object
   同義詞：edge

1. Please write on both sides of the paper, and don't write in the margin.
   請在紙的正反兩面書寫，但不要寫在四周的邊上。
2. The computer has been programmed (to calculate the gross profit margin on all sales).
   計算機(jī)已輸入了程序指令(以計算各項銷售的毛利率).
3. There was a nice red tick in the margin.
   邊上打了一個漂亮的紅勾。
4. He left early and caught the train by a good margin.
   他很早動身，有充裕的時間趕上火車。
5. Leave a good safety margin between your car and the next.
   要在你的汽車和另一輛車之間留出一段足夠的安全距離。
6. The little boy likes to make notes in the margin of books.
   小男孩喜歡在書頁空白邊上做筆記。
7. He beat the other runners by a margin of ten seconds.
   他比其他運(yùn)動員早10秒鐘到達(dá)終點(diǎn)。

mar.gin

n.Abbr. marg.（名詞）縮寫 marg.
An edge and the area immediately adjacent to it; a border.See Synonyms at border
邊緣，邊界：邊和鄰近的區(qū)域；邊界參見 border
The blank space bordering the written or printed area on a page.
空白頁邊：紙頁上書寫或印刷部分旁邊的空白
A limit in a condition or process, beyond or below which something is no longer possible or acceptable:
極限：一種情況或過程的極點(diǎn)，在這以上或以下某些事情就無法做到或無法被接受：
例句：
the margin of reality; has crossed the margin of civilized behavior.
接近真實；超越了文明行為的限度

An amount allowed beyond what is needed:
余地：超過實際要求的一個數(shù)量：
例句：
a small margin of safety.See Synonyms at room
不怎么安全參見 room

A measure, quantity, or degree of difference:
差數(shù)，差額：尺度、數(shù)量或程度上的不同：
例句：
a margin of 500 votes.
五百張選票的差額

Economics
【經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)】
The minimum return that an enterprise may earn and still pay for itself.
邊際收益：企業(yè)贏利并能付清自身費(fèi)用所需的最低利潤
The difference between the cost and the selling price of securities or commodities.
盈余：證券或商品的成本與銷售價之間的差額
The difference between the market value of collateral and the face value of a loan.
貸款保證金的市面價格與面額之間的差價
An amount in money, or represented by securities, deposited by a customer with a broker as a provision against loss on transactions made on account.
交易保證金：由客戶付給經(jīng)紀(jì)人的一筆錢或一定數(shù)目的證券，作為防止在帳面交易時發(fā)生損失的經(jīng)費(fèi)
Botany The border of a leaf.
【植物學(xué)】 樹葉的邊緣
v.tr.（及物動詞）
mar.gined,mar.gin.ing,mar.gins
To provide with a margin.
加邊于
To be a margin to; border.
成為…的邊；界定
To inscribe or enter in the margin of a page.
在書頁邊上作注釋或記錄
Economics
【經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)】
To add margin to:
交附加的保證金：
例句：
margin up a brokerage account.
在交易戶頭上添加保證金

To deposit margin for:
給…付保證金：
例句：
margin a transaction.
存入交易保證金

To buy or hold (securities) by depositing or adding to a margin.
繳納保證金：通過存入或添加保證金來購買或持有（證券）

來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Old French
源自 古法語
from Latin margô margin- * see merg-
源自 拉丁語 margô margin- *參見 merg-

【引伸】
mar.gined
adj.（形容詞）