a.

1. 临时的，暂时性的，暂定的
   a provisional government

   临时政府

n.

1. 【美】（正式邮票发行前的）临时邮票[C]

adj.

1. arranged or existing for the present, possibly to be changed later.
2. (Provisional) denoting or relating to the unofficial wings of the IRA and Sinn Fein.

n.