Provincial

(noun.) (Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order; 'the general of the Jesuits receives monthly reports from the provincials'.

(adj.) characteristic of the provinces or their people; 'deeply provincial and conformist'; 'in that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial'; 'narrow provincial attitudes' .

(adj.) of or associated with a province; 'provincial government' .

达伦编辑

• Worse quarters than Defarge's wine-shop, could easily have been found in Paris for a provincial slave of that degree. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Mentally he was in a provincial future, that is, he was in many points abreast with the central town thinkers of his date. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• The customary expedient of provincial girls and men in such circumstances is churchgoing. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Franklin's great-grandfather had been imprisoned for writing sa tirical verses about some provincial magnate. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Provincial, said the spy. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• There were present deputies from all the best provincial choral societies; genuine, barrel-shaped, native Labassecouriens. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Everywhere the provincial rulers set up for themselves. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Whether those pleading orators were persons educated in the general knowledge of equity, or only in provincial, national, and other local customs? 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• The provincial people, intimidated by Gudrun's perfect sang-froid and exclusive bareness of manner, said of her: 'She is a smart woman. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Many of his officials, particularly his provincial officials, had great subordinate establishments, and were constantly tending to become independent. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• There are few things better worth the pains in a provincial town like this, said Lydgate. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• He became afterward a merchant of great note, and one of our provincial judges. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• If Menelaus had been ruler of Lutetia, Helen would never have been persuaded to leave it for a dull provincial town like Troy. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Should it meet in Paris or in some provincial city? 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The phraseology betrays the particular provincial tradition within which the author is writing. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.

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