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英 [ˈpeɪsɪz] 美 [ˈpeɪsɪz]

n.  (移动的)速度; 步速; 发生的速度; 步伐; 节奏; (走或跑时)迈出的一步，一步的距离; 步幅
v.  来回踱步; 走来走去; 确定速度; 调整节奏; 调整自己的工作(或活动)节奏
pace的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

  1. N-SING 速度；节奏
    The pace of something is the speed at which it happens or is done.
    1. Many people were not satisfied with the pace of change.
      很多人对变革的步伐不满意。
    2. ...people who prefer to live at a slower pace...
      乐于放慢生活节奏的人
    3. They could not stand the pace or the workload...
      他们无法忍受那种节奏和工作负荷。
    4. Interest rates would come down as the recovery gathered pace.
      随着复苏的加速，利率会降下来。
  2. N-SING 步速
    Your pace is the speed at which you walk.
    1. He moved at a brisk pace down the rue St Antoine...
      他沿着圣安托万街轻快地走去。
    2. Their pace quickened as they approached their cars.
      走近自己的车时，他们加快了脚步。
  3. N-COUNT 步幅
    A pace is the distance that you move when you take one step.
    1. He'd only gone a few paces before he stopped again...
      他只走了几步远就又停了下来。
    2. I took a pace backwards.
      我往后退了一步。
  4. VERB （由于焦虑或不耐烦而）在…踱步
    If you pace a small area, you keep walking up and down it, because you are anxious or impatient.
    1. As they waited, Kravis paced the room nervously...
      他们等的时候，克拉维斯在屋里不安地踱来踱去。
    2. He found John pacing around the flat, unable to sleep...
      他发现约翰在公寓里来回踱步，无法入睡。
    3. She stared as he paced and yelled.
      他来回走着，咆哮着，她目不转睛地看着。
  5. VERB 放稳步调
    If you pace yourself when doing something, you do it at a steady rate.
    1. It was a tough race and I had to pace myself.
      这是场艰苦的比赛，我不得不控制好节奏。
  6. PHRASE 与…步调一致
    If something keeps pace with something else that is changing, it changes quickly in response to it.
    1. Farmers are angry because the rise fails to keep pace with inflation.
      农民们很气愤，因为提价赶不上通货膨胀。
    2. ...a world changing far too fast for her to keep pace.
      世界变化得太快，她跟不上
  7. PHRASE 与…齐头并进（或并驾齐驱）
    If you keep pace with someone who is walking or running, you succeed in going as fast as them, so that you remain close to them.
    1. With four laps to go, he kept pace with the leaders...
      还剩4圈的时候，他紧紧咬住领先者。
    2. Daisy strode alongside her, breathing heavily but keeping pace.
      黛西在她身边大步走着，大口喘着气，但是没有落后。
  8. PHRASE 以适合自己的节奏
    If you do something at your own pace , you do it at a speed that is comfortable for you.
    1. The computer will give students the opportunity to learn at their own pace...
      计算机让学生们有机会按照自己的节奏学习。
    2. She was going too fast so I decided to keep riding at my own pace.
      她骑得太快了，所以我决定按自己的速度骑。
  9. PHRASE 考查…的能力/ 展现…的才能
    If you put someone through their paces or make them go through their paces, you get them to show you how well they can do something.
    1. The British coach is putting the boxers through their paces...
      英国教练正在检验拳手们的能力。
    2. A group of the world's best waterskiers will be going through their paces.
      一队世界上最优秀的滑水运动员将一展身手。
  10. at a snail's pace → see: snail
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双语例句

  1. The breadth of the whole camp was 400 paces.
    整个营地的宽度为400步。
  2. He'd only gone a few paces before he stopped again
    他只走了几步远就又停了下来。
  3. The British coach is putting the boxers through their paces
    英国教练正在检验拳手们的能力。
  4. A group of the world's best waterskiers will be going through their paces.
    一队世界上最优秀的滑水运动员将一展身手。
  5. The natural paces of the horse include the walk, the trot and the gallop.
    马的自然溜蹄包括走步、小跑和飞奔。
  6. She paces the whole class in studying English industriously.
    她在刻苦学习英语上给全班同学作出了榜样。
  7. The film director put the young actor through his paces.
    电影导演测试了一下那位青年演员的演技。
  8. He must be given the chance to show his paces.
    必须给他一个显身手的机会。
  9. Three hundred paces further on, he arrived at a point where the street forked.
    走了三百步后他到了一个岔路口。街道在这里分作两条，一条斜向左边，一条向右。
  10. When he had advanced fifty paces, he was obliged to halt. A problem presented itself.
    他走了五十步后就不得不停下来，出现了一个问题。
  11. He walked on a few paces, and went off to look over the tops of the hedges.
    他走了几步，从篱笆上面望去。
  12. This time, though, I stepped back several paces to look the situation over.
    然而这次，我后退了好几步来审视情况。
  13. She carefully measured the distance, and took five paces.
    她小心地量了距离，走了五步。
  14. The man let out cry and jumped back several paces.
    那人大叫了一声，惊退了几步。
  15. Walk with slow or fast paces.
    以缓慢或快速的步调走动。
  16. I took a few paces towards her.
    我朝她迈了几步。
  17. Forty paces farther we came to the edge of the wood and saw the stockade in front of us.
    我们又向前跑了四十几步，来到了树林的边缘，看到木寨就在眼前。
  18. The keeper took two quick paces forward.
    看守人急速向前走了两步。
  19. I put my new car through its paces.
    我检验我的新车的各项性能。
  20. As he paces, he fiddles with his hands, which are famous for their dexterity and wanton behavior.
    正如他的步伐，他与他的手小提琴，这是著名的灵巧和肆意行为。
  21. He made his horse show his paces.
    他让他的马展示其步态。
  22. A policeman with plain clothes stood a dozen paces behind me watching me.
    一个穿便衣的警察站在我后面十几步远的地方，监视着我。
  23. They walked a few paces in silence.
    他们在沉默中走了几步。
  24. He stepped back a few paces and unbuttoned his overcoat.
    他后退了几步，解开了他的大衣。
  25. He took two small paces into the cave's open mouth.
    他挪了两步到了洞口。
  26. Prince Andrey and the battalion were within twenty paces of the cannons.
    安德烈公爵带领一营人走到了离大炮二十步远的地方。
  27. Pulled by the jeep, he ran alongside for a few paces, his feet hardly touching the ground.
    他被车拖着，脚不沾地地向前跑了几步。
  28. An old woman advanced a few paces to shake her fist virulently in my face.
    一个老女人上前了几步，在我面前恶毒地晃动着她的拳头。
  29. They moved on a dozen paces.
    他们往前走了十几步。
  30. I wobbled Uncertainly for a couple of paces, then over I went.
    我踉跄了几步就跌倒了。
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