单词 | province |
释义 | provinceprovince /ˈprɑvɪns/ ●●○ noun 1[countable] (also Province) a)social studies, politics one of the large areas into which some countries or empires are divided, which usually has a government for that area: Canadian provinces b)[countable] social studies, history one of the areas outside Italy that the Roman Empire controlled, but which had its own government2formal a subject that someone knows a lot about or something that only he or she is responsible for SYN domain: province of Computers were once the province of scientists and mathematicians.3the provinces [plural] the parts of a country that are not near to the capital or other large city: Life in the provinces was difficult.4an area that an archbishop (=a Christian priest of the highest rank) is responsible for [Origin: 1300–1400 Old French, Latin provincia Roman land, from vincere to defeat] |
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