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单词 province
释义
province
noun
uk
/ˈprɒv.ɪns/us
/ˈprɑː.vɪns/

provincenoun(REGION)

C2[C]
one of theareasthat acountryorempireisdividedinto aspartof theorganizationofitsgovernment, which often has somecontroloveritsownlaws:
theCanadianprovince of Alberta加拿大的阿尔伯特省
AsiaMinor was Rome'srichestprovince.
Compare
statenoun(COUNTRY)
territory(AREA)
one of the fourareasinto which Ireland hastraditionallybeendivided:
Connaught is Ireland'swesternmostprovince.
in thedeepsouthof Ireland in the province of Munster
the ProvinceUK(alsothe province)
NorthernIreland:
We areinterestedin theeconomicprosperityof both the Province and the Republic of Ireland.
the provinces[plural]
thepartsof acountrythat are not thecapitalcityor near alargecity:
He didn'twanttoteachat auniversityin the provinces.
More examples
  • He wasbornin the China'snorthwestShanxi province in 1950.
  • Thecompetitionis notopentoresidentsofAlaska, Hawaii and the province of Quebec.
  • Themajorityofpeoplein the province are infavourofdevolution.
  • anautonomousprovince
  • OctavianruledRome'swesternprovinces.
  • AnUlsterfryis adishoffriedfoodthat ispopularthroughoutthe province ofUlsterin Ireland.
  • Catholicswhoseekcloserlinksbetween the province and therestof Ireland
  • We're not verysophisticatedhere in the provinces.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Towns & regions: parts of countries
  • bicoastal
  • Breton
  • city state
  • collectorate
  • county borough
  • countywide
  • district
  • green belt
  • metropolitan borough
  • metropolitan county
  • multi-county
  • non-county
  • non-metropolitan county
  • northerner
  • northwest
  • provincial
  • regionalism
  • sector
  • southerner
  • territory
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Towns & regions: named regions of countries

provincenoun(SUBJECT)

someone'sprovinceformal
asubjectoractivityofspecialinterest,knowledge, orresponsibility:
（某人的兴趣或知识的）范围，领域；职责范围
Renaissanceartis not really his province - hespecializesin themodernperiod.文艺复兴时期的艺术并不是他的研究领域——他的专业是现代艺术。
Marketing is within the provinceofthesalesdepartment.市场营销属于销售部的职责范围。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Topics & areas of interest
  • angle
  • backyard
  • bailiwick
  • cause célèbre
  • centrism
  • con
  • convention
  • demesne
  • domain
  • front
  • kingdom
  • leitmotiv
  • scene
  • score
  • specialism
  • subject
  • talk
  • thematic
  • theme
  • topically
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(Definition ofprovincefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
province
noun
uk
/ˈprɒv.ɪns/us
/ˈprɑː.vɪns/

provincenoun(REGION)

C2[C]
anareathat isgovernedaspartof acountryor anempire
省
theCanadianprovince of Alberta加拿大的阿尔伯特省
the provinces[plural]
thepartsof acountrythat are not thecapitalcity
外省，外地（指首都以外的地区）
More examples
  • Themajorityofpeoplein the province are infavourofdevolution.
  • anautonomousprovince

provincenoun(SUBJECT)

sb'sprovinceformal
asubjectoractivityofspecialinterest,knowledge, orresponsibility
（某人的兴趣或知识的）范围，领域；职责范围
Renaissanceartis not really his province - hespecializesin themodernperiod.文艺复兴时期的艺术并不是他的研究领域——他的专业是现代艺术。
Marketing is within the provinceofthesalesdepartment.市场营销属于销售部的职责范围。

province| American Dictionary

province
noun
us
/ˈprɑv·ɪns/

provincenoun(REGION)

[C]
adivisionof acountrythat hasitsowngovernment:
The province of Quebec hasvotedseveraltimesonindependencefrom Canada.
[C]
The provinces are thepartsof acountryoutsideitscapitalor mostimportantcity.

provincenoun(SUBJECT)

[U]fml
asubjectoractivityofspecialinterest,knowledge, orresponsibility:
Architecture is within the province of theartdepartment.
(Definition ofprovincefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprovince

province
Several of our young men have already been taken into the colleges of the provinces of the north.
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The average for the 23 provinces studied was 63n4 % of total collections.
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As the individual towns, their tribute requirements, or the imperial status of the provinces changed over time, the document could be modified accordingly.
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The constitution lacked institutional devices to counteract centrifugal tendencies and moderate political conflicts in the provinces.
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First, wholesale loans were arranged for various localities or provinces with the intermediation of prominent traditional elites.
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The null hypothesis for the test is that the conditional logit estimates are not different with or without including the inland provinces.
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By 1984 tax subsidies to these provinces were a large multiple of the amounts authorised by the enabling legislation.
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The composition of functional interests represented in the general board is allowed to vary, the statute for which is to be determined by the provinces.
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Several operated in various spheres, their careers providing numerous reminders of the interlocking dimensions of urban political life in the provinces.
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Positive forms of encouragement of pribumi entrepreneurship in the centre and the provinces must be a core policy.
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Data are often grouped by political subdivisions, such as provinces, to estimate prevalence or force of infection in different areas.
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As a result, while the provinces developed and strengthened their own power basis, the center also adjusted its relations with the provinces.
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Note that the provinces did not completely surrender taxing authority, only for taxes that overlapped with federal taxes.
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Secondly, a number of films showed that while the provinces and the city remained linked, the differences were more sharply etched.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The poorer provinces, which were most in need of public-works programmes, were particularly unsuccessful at allocating and disbursing the funds.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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Collocationswithprovince

province

These are words often used in combination withprovince.

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coastal provinces
Thus, evil people in the coastal provinces regard minting coin as a lucrative enterprise, mixing lead and copper with fine silver to mint foreign coin.
From theCambridge English Corpus
eastern provinces
Officials from the eastern provinces were not alone in their opposition to the use of compulsion in the production of palm oil.
From theCambridge English Corpus
exclusive province
They also took part in sporting rituals mistakenly assumed to be theexclusiveprovinceof men.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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