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TOEFL BNC: 2565 COCA: 3228

province

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Related topics: Geography
prov·ince /ˈprɒvəns $ ˈprɑː-/ ●●○ noun  
1  (also Province) [countableC]SG one of the large areas into which some countries are divided, and which usually has its own local government 省
 a Chinese province
中国的一个省
2. the provinces SGthe parts of a country that are not near the capital 外省，地方〔指首都以外的地区〕
Examples from the Corpus
the provinces• Poor boys from the provinces could rise above the sons of tycoons if only they could pass the Todai entrance exam.• Her parents were not Parisians, they came from the provinces and Jeanne herself combined innocence with imaginative courage.• Rilke in Paris For the shy young man from the provinces life began seven floors up.• In 1789-90 the conviction rate in London was 79 percent and in the provinces 85 percent.• Life in the provinces was difficult.• In view of the unorthodox behaviour of the Komsomol that we have noted in the provinces, such a move was overdue.• In the provinces it took a little time before London fashions were adopted.• It also indicated that a referendum might well be held on the package prior to its submission to the provinces.• Yet after 1750 this group came to acquire a special connection with the provinces through its links with the country banks.
3  [singular] formalAREA OF KNOWLEDGE, DUTIES, STUDY ETC a subject that someone knows a lot about or something that only they are responsible for 范围，领域；职责范围
province of
 Computers were once the exclusive province of scientists and mathematicians.
计算机一度为科学家和数学家专用。
Examples from the Corpus
province• By this time, all provinces except Zambezia had at least 40 percent female enrolment.• For neo-populists, it is the social structure in these central provinces that is crucial.• He visited the other dioceses of his province, including a tour of several days to the Isle of Man.• The separatist movement began in the mid-1970s after the province was denied additional natural gas revenue.• Together with the political background in the province, this smallness of scale has complicated discussions of local government reorganisation.• Most tellingly, Labour's vote was well down on its 1990 performance in the provinces.• When Ottawa's programme expired in April, pressure mounted on the provinces to provide assistance.• Printers, modems and speakers were considered necessities, but scanners were the province of professional artists with money to burn.
province of• Computers were once the province of scientists and mathematicians.
Origin province
(1300-1400) Old French Latin provincia “Roman land”, from vincere “to defeat”
prov·ince noun
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TOEFL BNC: 2565 COCA: 3228
province

noun¹

 1region區域ADJECTIVE➤northern, southern, etc.北部、南部等省份▸➤central, coastal, frontier, remote中部／沿海／邊疆／偏遠省份◇the central province of Ghor古爾中部的省份➤autonomous自治省
province

noun²

 2the provinces (BrE) not the capital city首都以外的地方VERB + THE PROVINCES | PREPOSITION VERB + THE PROVINCES➤tour在外省巡迴◇The show is currently touring the provinces with a new cast.該節目目前正以新的演員陣容在各省巡迴演出。PREPOSITION➤from the province來自外省◇She's from the provinces and not familiar with Rome.她來自外省，對羅馬不熟悉。➤in the province在外省◇There are a number of press agencies based in London and in the provinces.在倫敦和外省設有一些通訊社。
province

noun³

 3 (formal) person's area of knowledge/responsibility學問或職責的範圍ADJECTIVE | VERB + PROVINCE | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤exclusive, sole獨家範圍◇Love should no longer be the sole province of the poet.愛情應該不再是詩人的獨有領域。VERB + PROVINCE➤become成為職責範圍➤remain仍然是興趣範圍➤consider sth as, regard sth as把⋯作為專有領域◇Creativity was once considered the province of a chosen few.創造力一度被認為是少數人獨有的才華。◇Spirituality is no longer regarded as the exclusive province of organized religion.靈性已不再被視為有組織的宗教的專屬領域。PHRASES➤once the province of...曾經是⋯的專屬◇Once the province of IT departments, these devices are emerging as consumer products.這些裝置曾經是信息技術部門的專屬，但現在正作為消費品而出現。
TOEFL BNC: 2565 COCA: 3228
province noun
⇨ county
TOEFL BNC: 2565 COCA: 3228
province
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