razor-thin ['reizәθin]
adj.
极薄的, 极微弱的
razor-thin \ra"zor-thin\ a.
as thin as a razor blade; very thin.
[PJC]
- A razor-thin margin of several thousand votes out of nearly 3.8 million cast separated Democrat Kenneth "Buddy" MacKay and Republican Connie Mack III in Florida's U.S. Senate race.
- Silber, on leave as president of Boston University, qualified for the primary by a razor-thin margin of 22 votes in the first round of balloting.
- Analysts attributed the poor results to stiff price competition and a broad shift toward smaller computers, with razor-thin profit margins.
- Analysts and traders find the razor-thin difference between gold and platinum prices worrisome for platinum.
- In the 5th Congressional District, Ohio Senate President Paul Gillmor appeared to have won a razor-thin victory over the son of the retiring incumbent, U.S. Rep. Delbert Latta, and a third candidate.
- Workers at Ford Motor Co.'s Rouge Steel Co. approved a new contract by a razor-thin, 1,333-1,326 vote.
- Gov. L. Douglas Wilder claimed a razor-thin victory over Republican J. Marshall Coleman, a former attorney general, but Coleman refused to concede.
- Although our customer was able to use most of the shipment, the amount we had to refund to him for damaged wire was a disastrous hit to our razor-thin margins.
- In Michigan, two-term Gov. James Blanchard lost by a razor-thin margin to Republican state Senate Majority Leader John Engler.
- But on Election Day, more women voted for Mr. Reagan than Mr. Carter, albeit by a razor-thin margin.
- Early Wednesday, with nearly all the votes counted, Dukakis held a razor-thin lead.
- But electronics companies are operating on razor-thin profit margins as they try to build market share in the U.S. and other overseas markets.
- Moreover, union officials and industry analysts doubt management claims that the newly debt-laden companies can stay competitive in a business with historically razor-thin profit margins.
- Normally, banks have more time to decide whether to participate, especially for a multibillion-dollar deal that carries razor-thin pricing and fees.
- Incumbent President Joaquin Balaguer clung to a razor-thin lead Saturday with most ballots counted in a presidential race disputed by his main leftist opponent.
- A further problem is razor-thin profits.
- But Mr. Pacetta argues that if Xerox takes razor-thin profits on these companies early, they can reap a windfall when the companies expand and increase their office equipment.