1 [C] one of the areas that some countries are divided into with its own local government 省:
Canada has ten provinces.加拿大有十个省。☞Compare county and state. 与county及state比较。
2the provinces [pl] (Brit 英) the part of a country that is outside the most important city(the capital) 首都以外的地方
province/ˋprɑvIns; ˈprɒvəns or ˈprɒvIns/n [C] 1 one of the large areas into which some countries are divided 省: a Chinese province 中国的一个省2 the provinces the parts of a country that are not near the capital 外省﹐地方〔指首都以外的地区〕
provinceprovinceprovincesnouna part of a country: Canada has ten provinces.▶ provincialprovincialprovincialsadjectiveconnected with a province: the provincial government