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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Liaoning is one of China's provinces.
  辽宁是中国的一个省份。
• 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。
• 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 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。