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provisionally

/pruh-vizh-uh-nl/US // prəˈvɪʒ ə nl //UK // (prəˈvɪʒənəl) //

暂时,暂时的,暂定,暂时性的

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Also pro·vi·sion·ar·y [pruh-vizh-uh-ner-ee] /prəˈvɪʒ əˌnɛr i/ .

    • : providing or serving for the time being only; existing only until permanently or properly replaced; temporary: a provisional government.
    • : accepted or adopted tentatively; conditional; probationary.
    • : of or being the wing of the Irish Republican Army that follows a policy of violence.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Philately. a stamp that serves temporarily, pending the appearance of the regular issue, or during a temporary shortage of the regular stamps.
    • : a provisional member of a group.
    • : a member of the Provisional wing of the Irish Republican Army.

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Examples

  • They look at provisional ballots, and those which were challenged according to state and sometimes even county laws.

  • That includes more than 20,000 ballots ready for tallying, tens of thousands of provisional ballots left to process and about 4,200 mail ballots with signatures that need to be verified.

  • The Peach State’s unofficial results are available on the secretary of state’s website, though the page notes it may not include all absentee or provisional ballots.

  • At polling places in Philly on Tuesday, we witnessed a lot of confusion among activists and voters over provisional ballots, and whether people could “spoil” — as in, willfully discard — their mail ballots in order to vote in person on Election Day.

  • Of course, the nation has regularly counted late mail-in ballots, including military ballots and provisional ballots.

  • Events can profoundly shape us, yes, but I think in essence provisionally.

  • The new general felt he could ill spare a capable officer like Lannes, and consequently he retained him provisionally.

  • Brodrick and the others had accepted the unique invitation, Laura Gunning provisionally.

  • Meantime the governor gave us permission, provisionally, to have each two books at a time, and to exchange them when we pleased.

  • This is the route which was provisionally decided on by the great trans-Atlantic companies subsequent to the Titanic disaster.

  • A clause was also inserted provisionally recognizing the principle of the integrity of Denmark.

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