provisional
Word family
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++pro·vi·sion·al /prəˈvɪʒənəl/ ●○○ adjective formal TEMPORARYlikely or able to be changed in the future 临时的，暂时的，暂定的 a provisional government 临时政府 We accept provisional bookings by phone. 我们接受电话临时预约。 —provisionally adverb The meeting has been provisionally arranged for the end of May. 会议暂定在5月底举行。Examples from the Corpus
provisional• In international politics nothing endures like the provisional and nothing takes as long as the imminent.• The objector is forgetting its point; it is both provisional and one to be argued over.• In the year ending March 1991 provisional estimates are 204 thousand such births or 28.7% of total births.• A provisional executive committee had been set up under the chairmanship of Franiszek Kaminski.• The group, which set up its own provisional government in December, hopes to hold a constitutional convention within two years.• Following a series of provisional governments, the Dominican people elected Juan Bosch as their President.• I've made a booking at the hotel, but it's only provisional - I'll have to confirm it soon.• You have to get a provisional licence until you pass your test.• Middlesbrough has set a budget of £21.6m, £1.4m above the provisional limit.• The management has made a provisional pay offer of 7%.provisional government• There was talk of preparing an Ulster provisional government and creating an Ulster Volunteer Force.• Although the Union Army was ordered to work with the provisional governments, areas of conflict quickly developed.• The provisional government, fearing that Santa Anna might be the source of later trouble, agreed to his departure.• The group, which set up its own provisional government in December, hopes to hold a constitutional convention within two years.• Kennedy formally recognized a new provisional government on the seventh, a mere two weeks before he himself was murdered.• Aid officials and provisional government spokespersons appealed for urgent medical and food aid.pro·vi·sion·al adjectiveChineseSyllable
changed the to in likely Corpus future or able be
provisional
pro‧vi‧sion‧al /prəˈvɪʒənəl/
adjective formal
a provisional government
We accept provisional bookings by phone.
—provisionally adverb:
The meeting has been provisionally arranged for the end of May.
▪ temporary continuing for only a limited period of time: I’ve got a temporary office job, but I hope I’ll find something more permanent soon. | I’m sure the problem is only temporary. | temporary staff | a temporary visa
▪provisional temporary – used especially about arrangements or information that people may decide to change in the future. Also used about licences or governments which are only arranged to last for a short time: Does the hotel accept provisional bookings? | They have set a provisional date for the next meeting. | a provisional driving licence | In June, the rebels claimed to have formed a provisional government. | Provisional figures yesterday from the Department of Transport showed that 4,274 people were killed last year — 6 percent fewer than the previous year.
▪stopgap [only before noun] temporary – used about something that you use for a short time until you can replace it with something better: The Republicans will approve the one-month budget as a stopgap measure to keep the state operating. | This is only a stopgap solution to the country’s debt problem.
▪passing [only before noun] temporary – used about an interest, thought, or feeling that is short and not very serious: Tonight’s game will be exciting, even to those with only a passing interest in the sport. | As a student, I didn’t give working in finance even a passing thought.
▪ephemeral formal existing or popular for only a short time: the ephemeral beauty of white snow on green trees and bare branches | Many new words, particularly slang, are fleeting and ephemeral.
▪transient formal continuing for only a limited time, or staying somewhere for only a short time – used especially to say that something is always changing, or people only stay somewhere for a short time: the transient nature of life | transient changes in the electrical properties of the neurons | Arizona has a highly transient population.
pro‧vi‧sion‧al /prəˈvɪʒənəl/
adjective formal Word Family: noun: provider, provision, provisions; verb: provide, provision; adverb: provisionally; adjective: provisional
likely or able to be changed in the future: —provisionally adverb:
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