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This flashcard defines "province" as a noun with three main meanings: 1) a large section of a country with its own administration (e.g., "the Algarve, Portugal's southernmost province"); 2) all parts of a country except the capital (e.g., "transfer jobs to the provinces"); and 3) a person's area of knowledge, interest, or responsibility (e.g., "that's not my province").

This flashcard defines "province" as a noun with three main meanings: 1) a large section of a country with its own administration (e.g., "the Algarve, Portugal's southernmost province"); 2) all parts of a country except the capital (e.g., "transfer jobs to the provinces"); and 3) a person's area of knowledge, interest, or responsibility (e.g., "that's not my province").

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/prɒ̱vɪns/
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[N-COUNT 可数名词] A province is a large section of a country which has its own administration.
  • ...the Algarve, Portugal's southernmost province.

    阿尔加维, 葡萄牙最南部的省份

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[N-PLURAL 复数名词]外省(首都以外的地区) The provinces are all the parts of a country except the part where the capital is situated.
  [usu the N]
  • 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。

3
[N-SING 单数名词](兴趣、知识、责任的)范围,领域 If you say that a subject or activity is a particular person's province, you mean that this person has a special interest in it, a special knowledge of it, or a special responsibility for it.
  [with poss]
  • 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。

  • 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。


Oxford prov·ince / ˈprɒvɪns ; NAmE ˈprɑːvɪns / noun 1 [countable ] one of the areas that some countries are spanided into with its own local government 省份;(某些国家的)一级行政区 the provinces of Canada 加拿大各省 2 the provinces [plural ] ( BrE) all the parts of a country except the capital city 首都以外的地区 The show will tour the provinces after it closes in London. 伦敦的演出结束后,将到全国各地巡回演出。 a shy young man from the provinces 腼腆的外地男青年 3 [singular ] ( formal) a person's particular area of knowledge, interest or responsibility 知识(或兴趣、职责)范围;领域 Such decisions are normally the province of higher management. 这类决定一般属于高层管理的职责范围。 I'm afraid the matter is outside my province (= I cannot or need not deal with it). 很抱歉,这事不归我管。 province provinces prov·ince / ˈprɒvɪns ; NAmE ˈprɑːvɪns /
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provinceprov‧ince /ˈprɒvəns $ ˈprɑː-/ ●●○ noun
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1 (also Province) [countable] one of the large areas into which some countries are divided, and which usually has its own local government:  a Chinese province2the provinces the parts of a country that are not near the capital3[singular] formal a subject that someone knows a lot about or something that only they are responsible forprovince of Computers were once the exclusive province of scientists and mathematicians.
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[ˈprɒvɪns]

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provinces[1702]
省(100%)
n.省;领域;职权

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