provincial
adj
1 [attrib 作定语]
(a) of a province (1) 大行政区的; 省的
the provincial government 省政府
provincial taxes 省的税收.
(b) of the provinces (province 2) 首都以外的
provincial newspapers, theatres, towns 首都以外的报纸、 剧院、 城镇.
2 (usu derog 通常作贬义) narrow-minded or old-fashioned; not modern or sophisticated 偏狭的; 守旧的; 过时的; 迂腐的
display provincial attitudes to the theatre 以旧眼光看待戏剧界. provincial, n (usu derog 通常作贬义) native or inhabitant of the provinces 首都以外的人; 地区居民
Whenever I go to London I feel like a provincial. 我一去伦敦, 就总是觉得自己像个乡巴佬.
From time to time, I notice that he puts a piece of meat down his trousers just before he leaves the factory.
我经常看到,他在快要离厂前把一块肉藏在裤子里。
If an unfair law existed, - and there were many that had been passed by the British rulers in India and South Africa - it was the duty of everyone to disobey this law, but without using violence.