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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

province ['prɔvɪns]
  1. 1. noun [c] [of country] 省
  2. 2. noun [s] [of person] (area of responsibility etc) 本分
  3. 3. n pl the provinces 首都以外的地方

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

province [ 'prɑvɪns] [ 'prɔvɪns]
  1. 1. noun 省（国家的行政区）
  2. 2. noun 行省（古罗马的征服地的行政单位）
  3. 3. noun 地方；地区
  4. 4. noun [复数形态时]（首都以外的）地方
  5. 5. noun 本分；职权
  6. 6. noun （学术）领域；部门
  7. 7. noun 大主教辖区；总主教区
  8. 8. noun [ecology] 分区（比区小的地方）

Collins English-English Dictionary

province ['prɑvɪns]
  1. 1. n a territory governed as a unit of a country or empire
  2. 2. n a district, territory, or region
  3. 3. n [ecology] a subdivision of a region, characterized by a particular fauna and flora
  4. 4. n an area or branch of learning, activity, etc
  5. 5. n the field or extent of a person's activities or office
  6. 6. n [RC Church] [Church of England] an ecclesiastical territory, usually consisting of several dioceses, and having an archbishop or metropolitan at its head
  7. 7. n a major administrative and territorial subdivision of a religious order
  8. 8. n [history] a region of the Roman Empire outside Italy ruled by a governor from Rome
  9. 9. n [Etymology] C14: from Old French, from Latin provincia conquered territory
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Examples

徽商们组建了安徽商人公会。
Merchants from Anhui province have set up a trade council for all the Anhui province merchants. → 公会
山西与陕西接境, 这在地图上很明显。
From the map it is evident that Shanxi (Jin) Province shares a border with Shanxi (Shan) Province. → 接境
山东和山西之间有界山吗？
Is there any moutain which divides Shanxi Province and Shandong Province? → 界山
清朝的两江地区包括了现在的江苏、安徽和江西三个省。
Jiangnan Province and Jiangxi Province in Qing Dynasty included the present Jiangsu, Anhui, and Jiangxi Provinces. → 两江
走遍全省
travel all over the province → 遍
河北省濒临渤海。
Hebei Province is on the Bohai. → 濒临
江西景德镇出产精美的瓷器。
Jindezhen in Jiangxi Province produces fine porcelain. → 出产
该省矿藏，以锡最多，铜次之。
Among the mineral deposits of the province, tin occupies first place; copper comes second. → 次之
黄河导源于青海。
The Huanghe River rises in Qinghai Province. → 导源
这里已经进入山东地面。
We're now in the Province of Shandong. → 地面
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