Marginalized describes a person or a group that has been pushed aside and left with little power or respect. News and school texts talk about “marginalized communities”: people whose voices are easy to skip.

Marginalized describes a person or a group that has been pushed aside and left with little power or respectmarginalized被邊緣化用來形容一個人或一群人被推到一旁，幾乎沒有權力或不受尊重。News and school texts talk about “marginalized communities”新聞和學校教材會講「marginalized communities被邊緣化的社群」: people whose voices are easy to skip指那些聲音很容易被忽略的人。

It is the same idea as the verb marginalize, but here it is often an adjective sitting in front of a noun. Though actually, it is also just the ordinary past form: they marginalized her / she was marginalized.

It is the same idea as the verb marginalize這跟動詞 marginalize邊緣化是同一個概念, but here it is often an adjective sitting in front of a noun不過在這裡它常常是放在名詞前面的形容詞。Though actually不過其實, it is also just the ordinary past form它也可以只是一般的過去式: they marginalized her / she was marginalized像 they marginalized her他們把她邊緣化了，或 she was marginalized她被邊緣化了。

Careful speakers sometimes prefer “people who have been marginalized,” because the short adjective can start to sound like a type of person, as if being on the edge were a label they carry, not a thing that was done to them. It is a serious, fairly formal word; it is not a playground insult, and it is not a kind nickname.

Careful speakers sometimes prefer “people who have been marginalized,”講究一點的人有時候會偏好用「people who have been marginalized曾經被邊緣化的人」, because the short adjective can start to sound like a type of person因為那個簡短的形容詞聽起來會像是在講一種人, as if being on the edge were a label they carry, not a thing that was done to them好像身處邊緣是他們背負的標籤，而不是被人做出來的事。It is a serious, fairly formal word這是個嚴肅、相當正式的字; it is not a playground insult它不是操場上的罵人話, and it is not a kind nickname也不是什麼親切的暱稱。