Provincial
[ prə'vɪnʃl ]
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adj. 省的，州的;领地的;地方的，乡下的;粗野的，鄙俗的;
n. <贬>首都以外的人，地区居民;外地人;粗野的人;（管辖教区的）大主教;
💡 词根助记
provinc=province省+ial表形容词，“有…的” →偏狭的；地方性的
📝 例句
Monsoon research is provincial.
季风研究工作是有局限性的。
No more provincial capitals were attacked.
再也没有什么省会受到攻击。
Lyon seemed ready to subside into a sleepy and closed provincial city.
里昂似乎已濒临衰退为一个死气沉沉，闭关自守的省城。
I am going to consider them, those provincial aristocrats.
我要去恭维他们，恭维那些乡下贵族。
It was, as he stresses, a provincial place.
正象他强调的，这是个乡下地方。
🌱 联想助记
province 省；外省的，地方省份的，不是大城市的，是乡下的
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
🔤 词根
-vict-表示“征服”
常见变体有-vin-
📖 牛津释义
provincial
adj
1 [attrib 作定语]
(a) of a province (1) 大行政区的; 省的
the provincial government 省政府
provincial taxes 省的税收.
(b) of the provinces (province 2) 首都以外的
provincial newspapers, theatres, towns 首都以外的报纸、 剧院、 城镇.
2 (usu derog 通常作贬义) narrow-minded or old-fashioned; not modern or sophisticated 偏狭的; 守旧的; 过时的; 迂腐的
display provincial attitudes to the theatre 以旧眼光看待戏剧界. provincial, n (usu derog 通常作贬义) native or inhabitant of the provinces 首都以外的人; 地区居民
Whenever I go to London I feel like a provincial. 我一去伦敦, 就总是觉得自己像个乡巴佬.
🔁 扩展释义
*[prә'vinʃәl]n. 外地人, 粗野的人a. 省的, 外地的, 偏狭的【法】 省的, 外省的, 地方的
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It is thought that they arrived more than 30,000 years ago by crossing a land bridge from Asia to America.
他们被认为是在3万多年以前从亚洲跨越一座陆桥来到美洲的。
Her mother died when she was eight years old.
她8岁时母亲就去世了。
The death of Gandhi gave India a chance to mourn and express how he had become father to all Indians. Millions watched the slow march that took his body through the capital.
甘地之死给印度一个悼念的机会，让人们表达他是怎样成为全印度人民的父亲的。