| 单词 | provisional |
| 释义 | provisional (once / 1188 pages) adj Something provisional is temporary, in the sense that it's only valid for a while. You'll often hear provisional used to describe things such as governments, elections, contracts, and agreements, all of which can change into something permanent. People who go camping take provisions, which means supplies for the trip. This can be helpful when you're trying to use provisional properly. Remember that those provisions are, well, provisional—they're only supposed to last until the campers get home, where the real food is waiting. If you're in a rush to start filming, you might consider giving your star a provisional contract, so that you can at least get started. You'll have time to replace the provisional one with a permanent one while you film. WORD FAMILYprovisional: provisionally+/improvidence: improvidences/improvident: improvidence, improvidently/provide: provided, provident, provider, provides, providing, provision/providence: providences, providential/provident: improvident, providence, providently/providential: providentially/provider: providers/provision: provisional, provisionary, provisioned, provisioner, provisioning, provisions/provisioner: provisioners USAGE EXAMPLESProvisional estimates from the department for transport showed that between 200 and 290 people were killed in drink-drive accidents on Britain's roads last year. BBC(Dec 29, 2016) Thousands of absentee and provisional ballots remained to be counted. Washington Post(Dec 27, 2016) Kellogg served in the Army from 1967 to 2003 and after his retirement was chief operations officer for the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq. Washington Post(Dec 16, 2016) adj under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon a provisional government Syn probationary, provisionary, tentative conditional imposing or depending on or containing a condition |
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