province

n.省份；大行政区；范围；职责

noun

1. 省份；（某些国家的）一级行政区
   one of the areas that some countries are divided into with its own local government
   1. the provinces of Canada
      加拿大各省
2. 首都以外的地区
   all the parts of a country except the capital city
   1. The show will tour the provinces after it closes in London.
      这一团体结束在伦敦的演出后，将到全国各地巡回演出。
   2. a shy young man from the provinces
      腼腆的外地男青年
3. 知识（或兴趣、职责）范围；领域
   a person's particular area of knowledge, interest or responsibility
   1. Such decisions are normally the province of higher management.
      这类决定一般属于高层管理的职责范围。
   2. I'm afraid the matter is outside my province (= I cannot or need not deal with it) .
      很抱歉，这事不归我管。

名词复数形式:provinces

province 省，地方，范围

来自拉丁语provincia,行省，特指古罗马统治下意大利之外的领土，来自pro-,向前，-vinc,胜利，占领，词源同victor,victory.

1. It's felt there's no future for Anglophones in the province.
   让人感觉在这个省讲英语的人是没有前途的。
2. Guerrilla groups are active in the province.
   游击队在该省很活跃。
3. Later he turned his attention to the desperate state of housing in the province.
   其后，他将注意力转向了该省形势严峻的住房问题。
4. The economy of the province was atypical because it was particularly small
   该省的经济比较特殊，因为它的规模特别小。
5. They proudly declared themselves part of a new autonomous province.
   他们自豪地宣布成为新自治省的一部分。
6. Essential services were provided by Serbian workers bussed in from outside the province.
   一些基本的服务是由从外省乘坐大巴来的塞尔维亚工人提供的。
7. There are countless small ski areas dotted about the province.
   该省内遍布着许多小型滑雪场。
8. He was governor of the province in the late 1970s
   他在20世纪70年代末担任该省的省长。
9. The man immediately responsible for this misery is the province's governor
   对这种不幸境况负有直接责任的人是该省的省长。
10. The government plans to transfer some 30,000 government jobs from Paris to the provinces.
    政府计划将3万个左右的政府职位从巴黎转移到外省。
11. Industrial research is the province of the Department of Trade and Industry.
    工业研究属贸易和工业部的职责范围。
12. The province was attacked a month ago after weeks of simmering tension.
    在紧张局势连续数周恶化后，这个省于一个月前遭到了袭击。
13. The ancient province of Satsuma lies in the southernmost part of the Japanese island of Kyushu.
    古老的萨摩省位于日本九州岛最南端。
14. Beset by ethnic strife, the province remains ungovernable
    该省因受种族冲突困扰而失控。
15. In 1918 the Romanian majority in this former tsarist province voted for union with Romania.
    1918年，这个前沙皇统治的省份中占了多数的罗马尼亚人投票赞成与罗马尼亚合并。
16. Most of those who left the province to work abroad were unskilled.
    那些离开该省出国打工的人大部分都未经专门训练。
17. The Giant Stone Buddha at Leshan Mountain in Sichuan Province of China, carved in the Tang Dynasty ( 618 A.D.-907 A.D.), is 71 metres high, making it the largest statue of Buddha in the world.
    中国四川的乐山大佛是世界上最大的佛像雕刻。它高达71米，修建于唐代。
18. The Changjiang River rises in Qinghai Province.
    长江发源于青海。
19. This region is within the Province of Liaoning.
    这一带属辽宁地面。
20. I met the three rising stars in the capital of the province.
    在省城我遇到了这3位新星。
21. Among the mineral deposits of the province, tin occupies first place; copper comes second.
    该省矿藏，以锡最多，铜次之。
22. China was the first country in the world to plant rice. This is evident in the remains of rice covering an area of 400 square metres found in the ruins of Hemudu in Yuyao County, Zhejiang Province, which dates back more than 6000 years.
    中国是世界上最早种植水稻的国家。浙江省余姚县河姆渡遗址，距今已6,000多年。在这个遗址中发现分布遍及400平方米的水稻遗物，证明中国是最早种植水稻的国家。
23. This university is directly under the Province.
    这所大学由省直接管。
24. The arrangement of light industry in the province needs adjustment.
    那个省的轻工业布局需要调整。
25. Changdao of Shandong Province and Laotieshan of Liaoning Province face each other across a great distance.
    山东省的长岛和辽宁省的老铁山遥遥相对。
26. Changzhou is under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province.
    常州隶属江苏省。
27. Guangdong Province has paced the whole nation in the economical reform.
    广东省在经济改革中走在了全国的前列。
28. Yunnan Province is the home of elephants and peacocks.
    云南是大象和孔雀的栖息地。
29. In china, I visited the western province of Gansu where some families were surviving in caves.
    在中国，我曾经访问西部的甘肃省，那里一些家庭生活在窑洞中，为生存而挣扎。
30. Guangzhou is in the south of Guangdong province.
    广州位于广东省南部。