1 ADJ [ADJ n] 省份的;外省的;地方的 Provincial means connected with the parts of a country away from the capital city. 省份的;外省的;地方的
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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。
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...in Rasht, the provincial capital of Gilan province.
在吉兰省省会拉什特
2 ADJ-GRADED 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. 过时的;守旧的;迂腐的 [disapproval]
SYN parochial, insular, narrow-minded, unsophisticated
3 N-COUNT 外省人;地方居民 A provincial is someone who comes from a part of a country away from the capital city. 外省人;地方居民
SYN yokel, hick [informal , mainly US , Canadian] , rustic, country cousin
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