provincials

英 [prəˈvɪnʃəlz]

美 [prəˈvɪnʃəlz]

n.  都城以外的人; 乡巴佬; 外乡人
provincial的复数

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 省份的；外省的；地方的
  Provincialmeans connected with the parts of a country away from the capital city.
  1. 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。
  2. ...in Rasht, the provincial capital of Gilan province.
     在吉兰省省会拉什特
• ADJ-GRADED 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.
  1. He decided to revamp the company's provincial image...
     他决心一改公司保守落后的形象。
  2. The audience was dull and very provincial.
     观众既呆板又非常守旧。
• N-COUNT 外省人；地方居民
  Aprovincialis someone who comes from a part of a country away from the capital city.
  1. Owen died an unknown provincial.
     欧文死的时候是一个不为人知的外乡人。

双语例句

• There are two obvious rich types in China – the provincials and the city dwellers.
  中国的大款很明显的分成两种&农村出来的和城镇出来的。
• If you run into trouble, you can turn to the Association of Fellow Provincials.
  你如果遇到困难，可以去找同乡会的人帮忙。
• Secondly, the thesis is mainly about four types of architecture in the town: shop-dwellings, works-dwellings, courtyards, temples and provincials. And taking people's corresponding living mode as the clue, it analyses the features of architecture plane layout in traditional town habitation.
  其次，论文以店宅、坊宅、宅院、祠庙会馆四种场镇建筑类型为主，以相应的人的生活模式为线索，分析传统场镇的建筑平面布局特色；