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单词 provisional
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provisional

A woman of her word, Florence took me to the local Post office in the morning and bought me a provisional driving licence.I have here provisional plans for airports, plus full-scale ones for the future, all diligently prepared by Major-"Back at the office I've got plans, elevations, provisional costings, everything.Rosa and Marco," said Antonio, "I give my provisional consent to your marriage.

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provisional

British English: provisional /prəˈvɪʒənl/ ADJECTIVE
You use provisional to describe something that has been arranged or appointed for the present, but may be changed soon.
A provisional date for the meeting has been set for June the 15th.
  • American English: provisional
  • Arabic: مُؤَقَت
  • Brazilian Portuguese: provisório
  • Chinese: 临时的
  • Croatian: privremen
  • Czech: provizorní
  • Danish: midlertidig
  • Dutch: voorlopig
  • European Spanish: provisional
  • Finnish: väliaikainen
  • French: provisoire
  • German: vorläufig
  • Greek: προσωρινός
  • Italian: provvisorio
  • Japanese: 暫定的な
  • Korean: 잠정적인
  • Norwegian: provisorisk
  • Polish: prowizoryczny
  • European Portuguese: provisório
  • Romanian: provizoriu
  • Russian: предварительный
  • Latin American Spanish: provisional
  • Swedish: provisorisk
  • Thai: ชั่วคราว
  • Turkish: geçici bir süreliğine
  • Ukrainian: попередній
  • Vietnamese: tạm thời

Chinese translation of 'provisional'

provisional

(prəˈvɪʒənl)

adj

  1. [government, agreement, arrangement etc] 临(臨)时(時)的 (línshí de)
(adjective) 
Definition
temporary or conditional
the possibility of setting up a provisional coalition government
Synonyms
temporary
a temporary loss of memory
interim
an interim report
transitional
a meeting to set up a transitional government
stopgap
pro tem
Opposites
permanent
(adjective) 
Definition
temporary or conditional
The times stated are provisional and subject to confirmation.
Synonyms
conditional
Their support is conditional on their approval of his proposals.
They have made us a conditional offer.
limited
They have a limited amount of time to get their point across.
qualified
He answers both questions with a qualified yes.
contingent
tentative
They have reached a tentative agreement to hold talks next month.
provisory
Opposites
fixed
,
definite

Additional synonyms

in the sense of interim
Definition
temporary or provisional
an interim report
Synonyms
temporary,
provisional,
makeshift,
acting,
passing,
intervening,
caretaker,
improvised,
transient,
stopgap,
pro tem
in the sense of limited
Definition
(of governing powers or sovereignty) restricted by a constitution, laws, or an assembly
They have a limited amount of time to get their point across.
Synonyms
restricted,
controlled,
fixed,
defined,
checked,
bounded,
confined,
curbed,
hampered,
constrained,
finite,
circumscribed
in the sense of qualified
Definition
limited or restricted
He answers both questions with a qualified yes.
Synonyms
restricted,
limited,
provisional,
conditional,
reserved,
guarded,
bounded,
adjusted,
moderated,
adapted,
confined,
modified,
tempered,
cautious,
refined,
amended,
contingent,
tentative,
hesitant,
circumscribed,
equivocal

Synonyms of 'provisional'

provisional

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of tentative
Definition
provisional or unconfirmed
They have reached a tentative agreement to hold talks next month.
Synonyms
unconfirmed,
provisional,
indefinite,
test,
trial,
pilot,
preliminary,
experimental,
unsettled,
speculative,
pencilled in,
exploratory,
to be confirmed,
TBC,
conjectural
in the sense of transitional
a meeting to set up a transitional government
Synonyms
temporary,
working,
acting,
short-term,
interim,
fill-in,
caretaker,
provisional,
makeshift,
make-do,
stopgap,
pro tem
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