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

• Cases have now been reported from five provinces.
  病例报告目前来自五个省。
• The cases have been reported from four provinces: Anhui, Hunan, Guangxi, and Liaoning.
  这些病例是4个省报告的：安徽、湖南、广西和辽宁。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• It can be one city, several provinces or the whole country.
  可以是一个城市、几个省，或者整个国家。
• 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。
• 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。