Noun:

1. (Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order;

   "the general of the Jesuits receives monthly reports from the provincials"
   

2. a country person

Adjective:

1. of or associated with a province;

   "provincial government"
   

2. characteristic of the provinces or their people;

   "deeply provincial and conformist"
   "in that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial"
   "narrow provincial attitudes"
   

1.省份的；外省的；地方的
provincial means connected with the parts of a country away from the capital city.

e.g. Jeremy Styles, 34, was the house manager for aprovincial theatre for ten years.
杰里米·斯泰尔斯，34岁，在一家地方剧院担任了10年经理。
e.g. ...in Rasht, theprovincial capital of Gilan province.
在吉兰省省会拉什特

2.过时的；守旧的；迂腐的
If you describe someone or something asprovincial, you disapprove of them because you think that they are old-fashioned and boring.

e.g. He decided to revamp the company'sprovincial image...
他决心一改公司保守落后的形象。
e.g. The audience was dull and veryprovincial.
观众既呆板又非常守旧。

3.外省人；地方居民
Aprovincial is someone who comes from a part of a country away from the capital city.

provincial什么意思

e.g. Owen died an unknownprovincial.
欧文死的时候是一个不为人知的外乡人。

1. provincial

1. 省级：1851年,挪威在该国的北部成立省立档案馆(provincial二十世纪开始,有些国家已开始建立档案体系,并将其扩及到地区(regional)与省级(provincial)的层级.

2. provincial

2. 省的：province 省 |provincial 省的 |provincialism 方言

3. 省的,地方的：providence天意 |provincial省的,地方的 | provisional暂时的

4. 省的,省级的 眼光狭隘的：according to the provision's contract:根据合同的条款 | 88.provincial:省的,省级的 眼光狭隘的) | 89.province:省 范围or领域

provincial assemblies'/elections

省议会 / 选举

a provincial town

首都以外的城镇

Jeremy Styles, 34, was the house manager for a provincial theatre for ten years.

杰里米·斯泰尔斯，34岁，在一家地方剧院担任了10年经理。

...in Rasht, the provincial capital of Gilan province.

在吉兰省省会拉什特

He decided to revamp the company's provincial image...

他决心一改公司保守落后的形象。

The audience was dull and very provincial.

观众既呆板又非常守旧。

Owen died an unknown provincial.

欧文死的时候是一个不为人知的外乡人。

City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.

城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐.

For this year's Spring Festival, there will be a provincial gathering for entertainment.

今年春节将举办全省规模的游艺会.

provincial coal industry administration said the head firmly.

省煤炭工业管理局负责人坚定地表示.

Held above the provincial level key cultural heritage unIt'staff training.

举办省级以上重点文物保护单位文物保护员培训班.

Institutional restructuring of provincial governments has been basically completed.

省级政府机构改革基本完成.

Ms. Housing received a complaint, the Guangdong provincial Drug Administration launched an investigation immediately.

接到房女士的投诉后, 广东省药监部门立即展开了调查.

Agencies is composed of three parts: Central Government, provincial Government and Municipal Government.

包括“中央政府” 、 “省级政府”、“市级政府”三个板块.

Shandong provincial prison policemen are part of the prison policemen and they have special professional characteristic.

山东省省属监狱警察作为监狱警察的组成部分,存在特殊的职业特点.

In charge of the provincial Department of Communications with Feng Jianshen, mainly responsible for operation.

与冯健身同志共同分管省交通厅, 侧重营运.

I got a third 'uff0d class prize for my scientific research from Hubei provincial Government last year.

我去年获得了湖北省政府颁发的科研三等奖.

In recent years, 39 teachers were awarded national, provincial and municipal exemplary teachers and teaching experts.

近几年以来, 有39名教师分别被评为国家级 、 省级和市级模范教师和教学能手.

Hunan provincial crust goes through the long geological evolution process and forms many kinds of rocks.

湖南省地壳经历了漫长的地质演化过程,造就了各种岩石类型.

Shenyang is the provincial capital of Liaoning.

辽宁省省会为沈阳.

Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.

昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部.

The provincial government granted us the right to gem the whole river.

省政府批准我们从整个河流中开采宝石的权利.

He's not interested in reviewing small provincial exhibitions like this one ; he's got much bigger fish to fry.

他对评介这样的区区地方展览不感兴趣, 他有更重要的事要做.

Many provincial governments have taken advantage of this to place local interests above those of the central government.

很多省级政府已利用了这一点，把地方利益置于中央政府利益之上。

Jeremy Styles, 34, was the house manager for a provincial theatre for ten years.

杰里米·斯泰尔斯，34岁，在一家地方剧院担任了10年经理。

Her story is sharply evocative of Italian provincial life.

她的故事让人清晰地回忆起意大利的乡村生活。

The audience was dull and very provincial.

观众既呆板又非常守旧。

A provincial magistrates' court last week ruled it unconstitutional.

一家省级地方法院上周裁定其违宪。

• provincial%20capital">provincial capital省会
• provincial%20hospital">provincial hospital省医院
• provincial%20series">provincial series大区统
• provincial%20economy">provincial economy地方经济
• provincial%20alternation">provincial alternation沉积岩交互出现区...
• provincial%20bank">provincial bank地方银行
• provincial%20highway%20system">provincial highway system省公路系统
• provincial%20treasury">provincial treasury省库
• provincial%20park">provincial park省立公园
• provincial%20characteristics">provincial characteristics区域特征

• The Lancashire farces he constructs..are genuinely provincial.

  出自：G. Greene

• The even tenor of..provincial life.

  出自：A. Massie

• The Muscovites..seemed to them provincial and conservative.

  出自：A. N. Wilson