marginally

adv.

1. 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。

1. ADV 略微;稍微
   Marginally means 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。

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。
4. 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。
5. 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。
6. 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。
7. Social conditions were only marginally better than those they had left.
   他们的社会状况只比之前好上一星半点。
8. Revenue last year rose marginally.
   去年收入增加得很少。
9. 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。
10. That, obviously, increased, if only marginally.
    得分明显增加了，只是是稍微的。
11. 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。
12. The pick up in yields helps improve relative valuations that favor US Treasuries marginally over Euro-zone Government debt.
    收益率的提升使得美国国债的估值相对于欧元区政府债券更有吸引力。
13. Sadat's direct contact with us made that role only marginally necessary.
    萨达特同我们的直接联系，使这个任务不太必要了。
14. 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。
15. If QE successfully reduced government-borrowing costs, the pressure for ever-stricter austerity measures would ease marginally.
    如果量化宽松成功降低了政府的借贷成本，那么空前严苛的紧缩措施将会有所放松。
16. As for the training company, their costs went up marginally but the profits shot up by many folds.
    对培训公司来说，虽然成本有所上升，但利润却成倍增长。
17. Results are only marginally better this year.
    今年结果只是稍好一点。
18. 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。
19. AOL will also receive warrants to marginally increase its minority stake in the company.
    AOL也将获得准许或多或少的增加他在公司的少数资金。
20. 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。
21. One reader said he and his wife recouped expenses by returning duplicate or marginally useful gifts for refunds.
    一位读者说，他和妻子节省费用的方法是将多余的或者没太大用处的礼物退给商店。
22. Small endowments with assets of less than$ 1bn had returns of 8.3 per cent, marginally under-performing institutions.
    而资产在10亿美元以下的小型捐赠基金回报率为8.3%，同那些表现欠佳的机构基金相当。
23. 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。
24. Security and the prospect of higher salaries may make an academic career look marginally more attractive.
    安全感和获得更薪水的前景可能会使学术生涯看上去稍微多了一份吸引力。
25. More importantly in the Chinese context, money supply growth is also slowing, albeit marginally.
    在中国当前环境下，更重要的是货币供应增长也在放缓，尽管放缓幅度不大。
26. This year's profits were marginally higher than last year's.
    今年的利润比去年稍微高些。
27. The deal on Spain was marginally better on paper.
    理论上，关于西班牙的协议稍微好一些。
28. By analysis, bolt fatigue stress is marginally high.
    通过计算分析，螺栓的疲劳应力稍偏高。

adv

1. in a marginal manner
   1. marginally interesting