Provincial Country Capital Noun Prəˈvɪnʃl Prəˈvɪnʃəli Connected Parts
Provincial relates to areas outside the capital, or describes someone or something as old-fashioned, unsophisticated, and narrow-minded. It can also refer to a person from such an area.
Provincial refers to something connected with regions away from the capital, or something seen as old-fashioned and unsophisticated. It can also refer to a person from such a region.
[ADJ 形容词]省份的;外省的;地方的Provincial means connected with the parts of a country away from the capital city.
[ADJ n]
Jeremy Styles, 34, was the house manager for a provincial theatre for ten years.
杰里米·斯泰尔斯,34岁,在一家地方剧院担任了10年经理。
...in Rasht, the provincial capital of Gilan province.
在吉兰省省会拉什特
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]过时的;守旧的;迂腐的 If you describe someone or something as provincial, you disapprove of them because you think that they are old-fashioned and boring.
[disapproval]
He decided to revamp the company's provincial image...
他决心一改公司保守落后的形象。
The audience was dull and very provincial.
观众既呆板又非常守旧。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]外省人;地方居民 A provincial is someone who comes from a part of a country away from the capital city.
Owen died an unknown provincial.
欧文死的时候是一个不为人知的外乡人。
Oxford
pro·vin·cial/prəˈvɪnʃl; NAmEprəˈvɪnʃl/
adjective
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noun
provincialprovincialsadjective1[only before noun ]connected with one of the large areas that some countries are spanided into, with its own local government 省的;一级行政区的◆provincial assemblies/elections省议会;省选举2[only before noun ]( sometimes disapproving) connected with the parts of a country that do not include the capital city 都城以外的;首都以外的◆a provincial town首都以外的城镇3( disapproving) unwilling to consider new or different ideas or things 心胸狭隘的;守旧的;迂腐的SYN
narrow-minded
▶pro·vin·cial·ly/prəˈvɪnʃəli; NAmEprəˈvɪnʃəli/adverbnoun( often disapproving) a person who lives in or comes from a part of the country that is not near the capital city 都城以外的人;乡巴佬;外乡人pro·vin·cial/prəˈvɪnʃl; NAmEprəˈvɪnʃl/pro·vin·cial·ly/prəˈvɪnʃəli; NAmEprəˈvɪnʃəli/
1[only before noun] relating to or coming from a province: a provincial election the provincial government of Quebec2relating to or coming from the parts of a country that are not near the capital: a provincial town3old-fashioned and not interested in anything new or different – used to show disapproval: provincial attitudes
provincial1 adjective
provincial2 noun
provincialprovincial2 noun [countable]
Examples
Collocations
someone who comes from a part of a country that is not near the capital, especially someone who is not interested in anything new or different – often used to show disapproval
WDF
provincial
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省的(59%),地方的(18%),偏狭的(13%),乡下人(6%),地方人民(4%)
n.粗野的人;乡下人;外地人
adj.省的;地方性的;偏狭的
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