province
n
1 [C] any of the main administrative divisions in certain countries (某些国家的)大行政区; 省份
Canada has ten provinces. 加拿大有十个省. Cf 参看 county, state1 3.
2 the provinces [pl]
all the parts of a country except the capital city 首都以外的地方
The show will tour the provinces after it closes in London. 这一表演在伦敦结束以後, 还将在全国各地巡回举行.
(derog 贬) He found life in the provinces boring. 他觉得首都以外的生活很无聊.
3 [sing] (fml 文) area of learning, activity or responsibility (学问、 活动或责任的)范围
The matter is outside my province, ie I cannot or need not deal with it. 那不是我分内之事.
Medieval painting is not his province. 中世纪的绘画不属於他的研究范围.
4 [C] group of dioceses for which an archbishop has overall responsibility 大主教辖区(由几个教区组成).
I love you more than my own life, more than my wife, and more than all the world.
我爱你胜过爱我自己的生命、自己的妻子和整个世界。(他哭了。)
If you want to send a letter to an office abroad that is in a different time zone, you can send a fax, and it will be received even though the office is not open.
如果你要寄信到不同时区的国外办公室,你可以发个传真,即使办公室不开门,信也会被收到。
When the police officer had taken away Hope Darwin, Tom Goode turned to the lawyer.