| 单词 | provincial |
| 释义 | provincial (once / 414 pages) 1adjn 2n A provincial person comes from the backwaters. Someone from a small province outside of Provence, France, might seem a little more provincial and less worldly than someone from, say, Paris. Something or someone provincial belongs to a province, or region outside of the city. Provincial has a straightforward meaning when describing where someone is from, but it has some other shades of meaning too. Something provincial can be quaint and in a pleasing rural or country style, but it also can imply someone less sophisticated, as in someone with provincial, or simple, tastes. Individuals or groups of people who are considered narrow-minded are often labeled provincial, even if they're from the city. WORD FAMILYprovincial: provincialism, provincially, provincials+/province: provinces, provincial/provincialism: provincialisms USAGE EXAMPLESElection experts also question the feasibility of organising presidential, legislative and provincial assembly elections together by the end of 2017. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) The provincial government ordered an inquiry into the episode. New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) Najib sent photos of his bruised back and legs to the provincial prosecutor, and got one of his tormentors arrested. The Guardian(Dec 26, 2016) 1 1adj of or associated with a province provincial government 2adj characteristic of the provinces or their people deeply provincial and conformist in that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial narrow provincial attitudes Syn|Ant bumpkinly, hick, rustic, unsophisticated awkwardly simple and provincial corn-fedstrong and healthy but not sophisticated insular, parochialnarrowly restricted in outlook or scope jerkwater, one-horse, pokey, pokysmall and remote and insignificant stay-at-homenot given to travel cosmopolitan composed of people from or at home in many parts of the world; especially not provincial in attitudes or interests traveled, travelledfamiliar with many parts of the world 3n a country person 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper bucolic, peasant cottar, cotter a peasant farmer in the Scottish Highlands moujik, mujik, muzhik, muzjika Russian peasant (especially prior to 1917) rustic an unsophisticated country person n (Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order the general of the Jesuits receives monthly reports from the provincials Hyper functionary, official a worker who holds or is invested with an office |
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