ADJ 省份的;外省的;地方的 Provincial means connected with the parts of a country away from the capital city.
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。
...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 as provincial, you disapprove of them because you think that they are old-fashioned and boring.
He decided to revamp the company's provincial image... 他决心一改公司保守落后的形象。
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 A provincial is someone who comes from a part of a country away from the capital city.
Owen died an unknown provincial. 欧文死的时候是一个不为人知的外乡人。
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;