province

['prɔvins]

n.省
n.领域, 范围, 大教区

n.

1. 省, 州[C]

British Columbia is a province of Canada.

不列颠哥伦比亚是加拿大的一个省。

2. (首都或大都市以外的)地方; 乡间[the P]

The pop group is now touring the provinces.

那个流行乐队现在在外省巡回演出。

3. (学术)领域; 部门; (活动、职务的)范围[S]

It's within his province to issue orders.

他有权发布命令。

European History is not my province.

欧洲历史不是我的专业范围。

4. 【宗】大主教辖区[C]

5. (特定动植物的)生存地区[U]

Australia is the province of the kangaroo.

澳大利亚是袋鼠的生长地。

词形变化

名词: provin-cialization | 动词过去式: provincialized | 动词过去分词: provincialized | 动词现在分词: provincializing | 动词第三人称单数: provincializes |

词义辨析

同义:

n.领域; 范围; 地区; 区域; 区

division  department  part  field  sphere  domain  region  area  zone  territory  district  quarter  place  neighborhood  kingdom  empire  principality  

同义参见:

circle  county  obligation  realm  compass  dependency  universe  category  parish  

英英释义

名词 province:

the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation

同义词：state

the proper sphere or extent of your activities

同义词：responsibility

补充

provinceprovince英:[ˈprɔvins] 美:[ˈprɑvɪns]n.1.省份, 大行政区Canada is divided into 10 provinces and 2 territories.加拿大分为十个省和两个区。2.范围, 职责, 领域Sales forecasts are outside my province—you should discuss them with the sales manager.销售预测不是我的领域——你应该同销售经理讨论这个问题。

例句

1. Quebec, Canada's French-speaking province魁北克, 加拿大讲法语的地区 2. The Algarve is Portugal's southernmost province.阿尔加维是葡萄牙最南部地区。 3. This will always remain the province of the specialist.这将永远都是专家干的活。 4. Arvo avoided committing himself. 'I'm afraid that's not my province,' he replied.阿尔沃不想承担责任, “恐怕那不归我管, ”他回答说。 5. 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。 6. Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province.成都，四川省省会。 7. I made my way home to the dreary provinces by train.我坐火车回到索然无味的外省老家。 8. she knew little about wine—that had been her father's province.她对酒了解不多——那是她父亲的领域。 9. Canada has ten provinces.加拿大有十个省。 10. the Canadian provinces加拿大各省 11. It's a legal question that is/falls outside my province. [=it does not relate to the area that I know about]这是个法律问题，不在我的知识范围之内。 12. That subject is the special province of this magazine.那个主题是这本杂志涉及的特殊领域。 13. Study in that area had once been the exclusive/sole province of academics.那个领域的研究曾专属于高校科研人员。 14. They left the city for life in the provinces.他们离开城市去外省生活了。