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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But you said you'd come out to dinner with me. We fixed it.
但你说过你愿意出来和我共进晚餐的。我们已经决定了的。
Two years later, her father disappeared, never to be heard from again.
两年后，她父亲失踪了，从此再无音讯。
Three million people watched as the ashes of this great man were gently poured into the brown waters of the river that would carry them to the ocean.
还有300万人守望着这位伟人的骨灰缓缓撒入褐以的恒河，河水把他的骨灰送向大海。