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

• I tell you that I would give one of the provinces of my kingdom to have that photograph.
  我可以告诉你，为了得到那张照片，我愿意拿我领土中的一个省来交换。
• 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。
• The two provinces are demarcated by a river.
  两省以河流分界。
• I and my girl live on different provinces.
  我和妻子住在不同的省份。
• 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。
• 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。
• The highest resistance rates were found in Henan, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang provinces.
  在此次监测的十个省市中，情况最为严重的是河南、辽宁、内蒙古和黑龙江。
• These four provinces formed the original new nation.
  这四个省形成了新国家的雏形。
• 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。
• Especially in the coastal provinces and comparatively developed areas country kindergartens are popular.
  特别是在沿海省份和发达地区的农村，幼儿园还比较普及。