province

英 ['pr?v?ns] 美['prɑv?ns]

中頻詞CET4TEM4考研CET6核心詞匯

復數:?provinces;

province 省，地方，范圍

來自拉丁語provincia,行省，特指古羅馬統治下意大利之外的領土，來自pro-,向前，-vinc,勝利，占領，詞源同victor,victory.

province (n.): early 14c., "country, territory, region," from Old French province "province, part of a country; administrative region for friars" (13c.) and directly from Latin provincia "territory outside Italy under Roman domination," also "a public office; public duty," of uncertain origin, usually explained as pro- "before" + vincere "to conquer" (see victor); but this does not suit the earliest Latin usages. Meaning "one's particular business or expertise" is from 1620s.

1. Most of those who left the province to work abroad were unskilled.: 那些離開該省出國打工的人大部分都未經專門訓練。

2. The province was attacked a month ago after weeks of simmering tension.: 在緊張局勢連續數周惡化后，這個省于一個月前遭到了襲擊。

3. It's felt there's no future for Anglophones in the province.: 讓人感覺在這個省講英語的人是沒有前途的。

4. There are countless small ski areas dotted about the province.: 該省內遍布著許多小型滑雪場。

5. The economy of the province was atypical because it was particularly small.: 該省的經濟比較特殊，因為它的規模特別小。