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

• The railway will benefit several provinces.
  这条铁路有益于几个省。
• 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。
• These four provinces formed the original new nation.
  这四个省形成了新国家的雏形。
• Several other provinces and regions, including Yunnan, Jiangsu and Xinjiang, have introduced similar rules.
  其他省份和地区，象云南，江苏，新疆等地也实施了类似的规章制度。
• 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。
• The Grand Canal flows southwards through the four provinces of Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
  大运河纵贯河北、山东、江苏、浙江四省。
• The Yi nationality is distributed mainly over Yunnan, Sichuan and Guizhou provinces.
  彝族主要分布在云南、四川和贵州三省。
• 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。
• In addition, some isolates from Guangdong and Guangxi provinces had genetic similarity with isolates from Thailand.
  部分广东株和广西株具有和泰国株同样的遗传相似性。
• 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。