Word · Frequency #23967
marginalizes
使边缘化；使处于社会边缘；排斥
marginalizes is the third person singular of marginalize.
to relegate a person or group to an unimportant or powerless position within society
- 1.
To relegate (something, especially a topic or a group of people) to the margins or to a lower limit; to exclude socially or otherwise.
使边缘化,排挤
- 2.
To find a marginal distribution of a joint probability distribution.
求联合概率分布的边缘分布
使边缘化,排挤；求联合概率分布的边缘分布；使处于社会边缘；使脱离社会发展进程；忽视
In use
Gossip can marginalize new students who are still trying to fit in.
Many rural communities are marginalized when public services move to large cities.
Rather than marginalizing older residents, the housing plan gives them easy access to community centers.
marginalize sb/sth
及物用法，宾语为被排斥或忽视的人群、群体。
The new policy may marginalize many rural communities.
这项新政策可能会使许多农村社区边缘化。
be marginalized
被动式常用于强调受影响的一方，多出现在社会语境中。
Older workers are often marginalized in this industry.
在这个行业里，年长员工往往被边缘化。
marginalize sb from sth
from 后接被排除在外的领域或活动。
Connections
Collocations
- marginalize minority groups
- 使少数群体边缘化
- Policies that ignore rural areas can marginalize minority groups.忽视农村地区的政策可能会使少数群体边缘化。
- marginalized communities
- 被边缘化的社区
- The programme aims to support marginalized communities in the city.该项目旨在支持城市中被边缘化的社区。
- feel marginalized
- 感到被边缘化
- Many young people feel marginalized by the education system.许多年轻人感到被教育体系边缘化。
- marginalize the poor
- 使穷人边缘化
- Urban development can marginalize the poor if affordable housing is ignored.如果忽视经济适用房的建设，城市发展可能会使穷人边缘化。
- be marginalized in society
- 在社会中被边缘化
- Elderly workers often are marginalized in society.老年工人常常在社会中被边缘化。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
词根 margin 是“边缘”，-alize 表“使……”。想象把一个人推到书的页边空白处，没人理他——即排斥、使边缘化。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：academic writing、social policy discussions、news commentary marginalize 通常用于正式或书面语境，多出现在学术写作、社会政策讨论或新闻评论中，指使某个群体处于社会边缘或被排斥。日常口语中较少使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words all share the final -ize spelling and end with the same /aɪz/ sound, but none fully rhymes with marginalize: its main stress is on the first syllable /mɑːdʒɪnəlaɪz/, and the stressed vowel and following sounds differ in each case.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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