provinces

英 [ˈprɒvɪnsɪz]

美 [ˈprɑvənsəz]

n.  省份; (某些国家的)一级行政区; 首都以外的地区; 知识(或兴趣、职责)范围; 领域
province的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 省
  Aprovinceis a large section of a country which has its own administration.
  1. ...the Algarve, Portugal's southernmost province.
     阿尔加维， 葡萄牙最南部的省份
• N-PLURAL 外省（首都以外的地区）
  The provincesare all the parts of a country except the part where the capital is situated.
  1. The government plans to transfer some 30,000 government jobs from Paris to the provinces.
     政府计划将3万个左右的政府职位从巴黎转移到外省。
• N-SING （兴趣、知识、责任的）范围，领域
  If you say that a subject or activity is a particular person'sprovince, you mean that this person has a special interest in it, a special knowledge of it, or a special responsibility for it.
  1. Arvo avoided committing himself. 'I'm afraid that's not my province,' he replied...
     阿尔沃不想作出承诺，“恐怕那不归我管，”他回答说。
  2. Industrial research is the province of the Department of Trade and Industry.
     工业研究属贸易和工业部的职责范围。

双语例句

• These four provinces formed the original new nation.
  这四个省形成了新国家的雏形。
• Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou are three provinces in Southwestern China.
  四川、云南和贵州是中国西南部的三个省份。
• In 1823 Honduras became a part of the United Provinces of Central America.
  1823年，洪都拉斯成为了中美洲联邦的一部分。
• Although geographically linked, the two provinces have long fought for political ascendancy
  尽管在地理上彼此依存，两省却长期为获取政治支配权你争我夺。
• The government plans to transfer some 30,000 government jobs from Paris to the provinces.
  政府计划将3万个左右的政府职位从巴黎转移到外省。
• The newly-built road opened the way to the economic intercourse between the two provinces.
  新修的这条公路为两省的经济交流打开了方便之门。
• The cultural and historical links between the many provinces were seen to be very tenuous
  许多省份之间的文化和历史纽带被认为是很脆弱的。
• I and my girl live on different provinces.
  我和妻子住在不同的省份。
• Arrests were made in the southern Chinese provinces of Yunnan and Guangxi later that year.
  同年晚些时候，中国警方在南部省份云南和广西逮捕了假药制造和销售者。
• The four provinces are riven by deep family and tribal conflicts
  这4个省被严重的家族和部族纷争弄得四分五裂。