province
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT A province is a large section of a country that has its own administration. 省
...the Algarve, Portugal's southernmost province. …阿爾加維,葡萄牙最南耑的一個省。
2. N-PLURAL Theprovinces are all the parts of a country except the part where the capital is situated. 外省
The government plans to transfer some 30,000 government jobs from Paris to the provinces. 政府計劃將30000個政府職位從巴黎下放到外省去。
3. N-SING 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. (學識或活動的) 領域; (興趣或職責的) 範圍
Tattooing is not just the province of sailors. 紋身不衹是水手們才感興趣的事。
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province /ˈprɒvɪns/ (provinces)
剑桥词典
- The majority of people in the province are in favour of devolution .
- an autonomous province
province noun (REGION)
[ 可數名詞:有複數形式的名詞 ]an area that is governed as part of a country or an empire
省
the Canadian province of Alberta 加拿大的阿爾伯特省
the provinces [ 名詞的複數形式 ]
the parts of a country that are not the capital city
外省,外地(指首都以外的地區)
例句
province noun (SUBJECT)
sb's province formala subject or activity of special interest , knowledge , or responsibility
(某人的興趣或知識的)範圍,領域;職責範圍
Renaissance art is not really his province - he specializes in the modern period . 文藝複興時期的藝術竝不是他的研究領域——他的專業是現代藝術。
Marketing is within the province of the sales department . 市場營銷屬於銷售部的職責範圍。 返回 province