the Atlantic Provinces
noun [ plural ] uk/ətˌlæn.tɪk ˈprɒv.ɪn.sɪz/ us/ətˌlæn.t̬ɪk ˈprɑː.vɪn.sɪz/
大西洋省份
an area in eastern Canada that includes New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador
Suddenly the Atlantic provinces are receiving unusually close attention from Ottawa. 突然间，大西洋各省受到了来自渥太华的异常密切的关注。
But the election highlighted a growing gulf in political allegiance between the western Atlantic Provinces and the rest of the country. 但这次选举突显了大西洋西部省份与美国其他地区之间在政治忠诚度上日益扩大的鸿沟。
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- Due to their own devices, this new population of wolves is now well established in all four Atlantic Provinces.
- Our government encouraged people to make their home on the Atlantic Provinces and told them to fish!
- He won his seat in Alberta, but spent most of the campaign in the Atlantic Provinces.