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

• 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。
• Different from other provinces, Hainan is the largest ocean island and the smallest land province in China.
  不同于其他省份，海南是中国最大的海洋岛屿和最小的陆地省。
• 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。
• Road traffic between Hunan and Guangdong provinces has also ground to a halt.
  湖南和广东之间的公路运输也停止了。
• 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。
• United Canada was divided into the provinces of Ontario and Quebec.
  联合加拿大被划分为安大略省和魁北克省。
• 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 league has branches in each of the ten provinces and three territories.
  联盟在每十个省和三领土有分支。
• 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。