The provinces are all the parts of a country except the part where the capital is situated.
例句
The government plans to transfer some 30,000 government jobs from Paris to the provinces.政府计划将3万个左右的政府职位从巴黎转移到外省。
N-SING
(兴趣、知识、责任的)范围,领域
If you say that a subject or activity is a particular person's province, you mean that this person has a special interest in it, a special knowledge of it, or a special responsibility for it.
例句
Arvo avoided committing himself. 'I'm afraid that's not my province,' he replied...阿尔沃不想作出承诺,“恐怕那不归我管,”他回答说。Industrial research is the province of the Department of Trade and Industry.工业研究属贸易和工业部的职责范围。