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单词 margin of error
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margin of error
noun[C]
uk
/ˌmɑː.dʒɪn əv ˈer.ər/us
/ˌmɑːr.dʒɪn əv ˈer.ɚ/
C2
anextraamountof something, such astimeormoney, that youallowbecause there might be amistakeinyourcalculations:
（时间、金钱等方面的）误差幅度，误差数
Whenarchaeologistsdateobjectsthat are thousands ofyearsold, theyallowamarginoferrorof several hundredyears.考古学家在测定有数千年历史的物体的年代时，会允许有几百年的误差。
The Britishgovernmentestimatesthatitsborrowingrequirementthisyearcouldreach£150billion,subjectto awidemarginoferror.政府预计今年借款将达1500亿英镑，此数额会有较大误差。
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(Definition ofmargin of errorfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

margin of error| Business English

margin of error
noun[C,usually singular]
uk
us
theamountby which a set ofdatamight not beaccurate:
Thepollhad amarginoferrorofplusorminus3percentagepoints.
thefactthat it ispossibleto make somemistakeswithout having a verydamagingeffecton thefinalresult:
With the company'scurrentprecarioussituationthere is nomarginoferror.
(Definition ofmargin of errorfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmargin of error

margin of error
Though they concede that most minimum standards are overly conservative, they insist that this comfortablemarginoferrorensures that false identification will never occur.
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Few of us would fly an airplane in possibly dangerous weather conditions if we did not know themarginoferror.
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The survey targeted answers to its questions to be 95% accurate, with a 10%marginoferror.
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Estimation of membership data is subject to amarginoferror.
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There is no case in the real world where each candidate's votes can be predicted without anymarginoferrorbefore elections.
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This number is too high to be ignored if we assume a standard 5%marginoferror.
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As the true cost of items increases, the acceptable percentmarginoferrormakes the absolute dollarmarginoferrorquite large.
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Thus, minority party leaders realized that the majority party typically had a very slimmarginoferror.
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The crossing of each tool's results then allows the angle of vision to be enlarged and themarginoferrorto be decreased.
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The assumption of perfect information could be sustained so long as the smallmarginoferrordid not have too much influence on nomination strategies.
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With regard to yield statistics, it will be extremely difficult to guess whether themarginoferrorwas uniform.
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The maximummarginoferrorfor the response rates was plus or minus 3%.
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Because the sketch is imprecise, we have defined a "fuzzy graphics" approach that takes into account a considerablemarginoferrorin the identification of points, lines, and intersections.
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These were done by manipulating some related variables to reflect differences that might occur and also to provide a safemarginoferrorto support policy decisions.
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Finally, outbreaks that were consistent with two or more pathogen syndromes were unable to be assigned to one syndrome due to a highmarginoferrorwith the tiebreaker programme.
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