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province n.省 (1) 不列颠哥伦比亚是加拿大的一个省。(2) 杭州是浙江的省会城市。 Many countries are divided into provinces. In the U.S. we don't have official provinces; we have states and counties. But we can use province in its other meaning, which is "the sphere of one's activities." If you manage a coffee shop and sit there reading and drinking coffee even when you're not working, then that shop is your province.

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英 ['prɒvɪns] 美 ['prɑːvɪns] (1) British Columbia is a province of Canada.(2) Hangzhou is the capital city of Zhejiang Province. A province is a region within a country. If you travel to Canada, you'll have to decide whether you want to go to the province of Quebec, or Saskatchewan, or one of the other 8 provinces in that enormous country. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]省 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2[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。

英语单词	province
英美音标	英 ['prɒvɪns] 美 ['prɑːvɪns]
中文释义	n.省
英语例句	(1) British Columbia is a province of Canada. (2) Hangzhou is the capital city of Zhejiang Province.
中文例句	(1) 不列颠哥伦比亚是加拿大的一个省。 (2) 杭州是浙江的省会城市。
vocabulary简明	A province is a region within a country. If you travel to Canada, you'll have to decide whether you want to go to the province of Quebec, or Saskatchewan, or one of the other 8 provinces in that enormous country.
vocabulary扩展	Many countries are divided into provinces. In the U.S. we don't have official provinces; we have states and counties. But we can use province in its other meaning, which is "the sphere of one's activities." If you manage a coffee shop and sit there reading and drinking coffee even when you're not working, then that shop is your province.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]省 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 2 [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。

Province Special Capital Country Coffee Shop Government 英