分类：教育/科学-外语学习
问题：求解下面这个句子的翻译Phelpshadbeenmarginal 
Phelps had been marginally second favoure     going into the first round of the pair's        eagerly anticipated duel.
回答：两人的对决备受瞩目，而菲尔普斯在首轮争夺中略逊一筹。