marginally

英 [ˈmɑːdʒɪnəli]

美 [ˈmɑːrdʒɪnəli]

adv.  轻微地; 很少地; 微不足道地

IELTS

Collins.1 / BNC.9531 / COCA.12390

牛津词典

adv.

• 轻微地；很少地；微不足道地
  very slightly; not very much
  1. They now cost marginally more than they did last year.
     他们现在并不比去年贵多少。

柯林斯词典

• ADV 略微;稍微
  Marginallymeans to only a small extent.
  1. Sales last year were marginally higher than in 1991...
     去年的销售额比1991年略有增加。
  2. The Christian Democrats did marginally worse than expected...
     基督教民主党人的表现比预期稍有逊色。
  3. These cameras have increased only marginally in value over the past decade.
     在过去10年里，这些照相机的价格只是略有提高。

英英释义

adv

• in a marginal manner
  1. marginally interesting

双语例句

• Results are only marginally better this year.
  今年结果只是稍好一点。
• When it came to remarriage, the risk was only marginally reduced for women while men bounced back.
  而如果再婚，对女人来说风险只是稍微降低了一点，对男人来说却如获新生。
• Adding the qualifier "in Europe" reduced the snickering only marginally.
  加上“欧洲”这一限定词，只不过稍微减少了一些暗暗窃笑的声音。
• If banks respond to the latest official measures, credit should ease marginally for smaller companies in coming months.
  如果银行对最新政府举措做出回应，那么未来几个月，微小公司的信贷状况应会略微缓解。
• In New Zealand, Estonia and Argentina, women scored marginally more than men.
  而在新西兰，爱沙尼亚和阿根廷则发现女性的得分已经开始高于男性。
• The US and German economies were marginally above their pre-crisis peaks, while France was marginally below it.
  美国和德国GDP略高于危机前的峰值水平，而法国则略低于危机前的峰值水平。
• British officers and Recon squads have their camouflage detection increased marginally.
  英军指挥官和侦查小组反伪装距离略微增加。
• The addition of new scalar rules in a rule set usually only increases its execution time marginally.
  向规则集中增加新的标量规则时，通常仅会对执行时间产生轻微的影响。
• But they can only marginally reduce, not eliminate the hazards.
  但这也只是在一定程度上减少了，而不是消除了危险性。
• Employment growth was negative in Chinese agriculture and marginally positive in Indian.
  中国农业的就业为负增长，而印度则仅实现了微幅增长。