| 释义 |
province/ˈprɒvins/n. 1 a principal administrative division of a country etc. (国家等的)省；行政区 2 (作 the Province) Brit. Northern Ireland [英]北爱尔兰 3 (作 the provinces) the whole of a country outside the capital or US other major cities, esp. regarded as uncultured, unsophisticated, etc. [美] (尤指落后、不发达等的)首都以外的地方，外省 4 a sphere of action; business 活动范围；职责 outside my province as a teacher 超出我作为教师的职责范围 5 a branch of learning etc. (学科等的)分支 in the province of aesthetics 在美学领域 6 Eccl. a district under an archbishop or a metropolitan 【教会】(由大主教或都主教管辖的)教省 7 Rom. Hist. a territory outside Italy under a Roman governor [罗马]【史】(由古罗马帝国统治的意大利境外的)行省 [Middle English via Old French from Latin provincia ‘charge, province’] |