provincial

provincial

noun

1. a country person

Synonym: peasantbucolic

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

e.g. the general of the Jesuits receives monthly reports from the provincials

adj

1. characteristic of the provinces or their people

e.g. deeply provincial and conformist
in that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial
narrow provincial attitudes

2. of or associated with a province

e.g. provincial government

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 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。
e.g. ...in Rasht, the provincial 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 as provincial, you disapprove of them because you think that they are old-fashioned and boring.

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

3. 外省人；地方居民
A provincial 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 unknown provincial.
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