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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Liaoning is one of China's provinces.
  辽宁是中国的一个省份。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• Entrepreneurs from coastal provinces have flocked to Shanxi and other coal-rich provinces in recent years.
  近几年，沿海省份的企业家成群结队地涌入山西和其它富煤省份。
• 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。