provincial

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CET6TEM4GRE中低頻詞擴展詞匯

復數:?provincials;副詞:?provincially;

provincial 省的，地方的，排外的，守舊的

來自province,省，地方。引申詞義地方性的，排外的，守舊的等。

provincial (adj.): late 14c., "pertaining to a province," from Old French provincial "belonging to a particular province (of friars)" (13c.), from Latin provincialis "of a province," from provincia (see province).

Meaning "of the small towns and countryside" (as opposed to the capital and urban center) is from 1630s, a borrowed idiom from French, transferred from sense of "particular to the province," hence "local." Suggestive of rude, petty, or narrow society by 1755. Classical Latin provincialis seems not to have had this tinge. In British use, with reference to the American colonies, from 1680s.
provincial (n.): late 14c., "ecclesiastical head of a province," from provincial (adj.). From c. 1600 as "native or inhabitant of a province;" from 1711 as "country person."

1. Times become more flexible off-season, especially in the smaller provincial museums.: 尤其是在規模較小的地方博物館，開放時間在旅游淡季更加靈活。

2. Her story is sharply evocative of Italian provincial life.: 她的故事讓人清晰地回憶起意大利的鄉村生活。

3. A provincial magistrates' court last week ruled it unconstitutional.: 一家省級地方法院上周裁定其違憲。

4. Six new members have been inducted into the Provincial Cabinet.: 6名新成員已經正式加入省內閣班子。

5. Guerillas captured and briefly held an important provincial capital.: 游擊隊攻占并短暫控制了一個重要首府。