province

柯林斯詞典

1. N-COUNT A province is a large section of a country that has its own administration. 省
...the Algarve, Portugal's southernmost province. …阿爾加維，葡萄牙最南端的一個省。
2. N-PLURAL Theprovinces are all the parts of a country except the part where the capital is situated. 外省
The government plans to transfer some 30,000 government jobs from Paris to the provinces. 政府計劃將30000個政府職位從巴黎下放到外省去。
3. N-SING If you say that a subject or activity is a particular person's province, you mean that this person has a special interest in it, a special knowledge of it, or a special responsibility for it. (學(xué)識或活動的) 領(lǐng)域; (興趣或職責(zé)的) 范圍
Tattooing is not just the province of sailors. 紋身不只是水手們才感興趣的事。