province

英 [ˈprɒvɪns]

美 [ˈprɑːvɪns]

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

复数：provinces　

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牛津词典

noun

• 省份；（某些国家的）一级行政区
  one of the areas that some countries are divided into with its own local government
  1. the provinces of Canada
     加拿大各省
• 首都以外的地区
  all the parts of a country except the capital city
  1. The show will tour the provinces after it closes in London.
     这一团体结束在伦敦的演出后，将到全国各地巡回演出。
  2. a shy young man from the provinces
     腼腆的外地男青年
• 知识（或兴趣、职责）范围；领域
  a person's particular area of knowledge, interest or responsibility
  1. Such decisions are normally the province of higher management.
     这类决定一般属于高层管理的职责范围。
  2. I'm afraid the matter is outside my province (= I cannot or need not deal with it) .
     很抱歉，这事不归我管。

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。

英英释义

noun

• the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
  1. his state is in the deep south
  Synonym:state
• the proper sphere or extent of your activities
  1. it was his province to take care of himself
  Synonym:responsibility

双语例句

• The economy of the province was atypical because it was particularly small
  该省的经济比较特殊，因为它的规模特别小。
• Among the mineral deposits of the province, tin occupies first place; copper comes second.
  该省矿藏，以锡最多，铜次之。
• Essential services were provided by Serbian workers bussed in from outside the province.
  一些基本的服务是由从外省乘坐大巴来的塞尔维亚工人提供的。
• The Changjiang River rises in Qinghai Province.
  长江发源于青海。
• Beset by ethnic strife, the province remains ungovernable
  该省因受种族冲突困扰而失控。
• Guangzhou is in the south of Guangdong province.
  广州位于广东省南部。
• In 1918 the Romanian majority in this former tsarist province voted for union with Romania.
  1918年，这个前沙皇统治的省份中占了多数的罗马尼亚人投票赞成与罗马尼亚合并。
• They proudly declared themselves part of a new autonomous province.
  他们自豪地宣布成为新自治省的一部分。
• The province was attacked a month ago after weeks of simmering tension.
  在紧张局势连续数周恶化后，这个省于一个月前遭到了袭击。
• Changzhou is under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province.
  常州隶属江苏省。