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  • Conjugation : past  paced ; ing  pacing
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

pace [peɪs]
  1. 1. noun [of change] [ life etc] (speed) 速度
  2. 2. noun [of walker] [ runner] 步速
  3. 3. noun [c] (as measurement) 步
  4. 4. vt. [+room] (also: pace around) 踱步
    to set the pace
    步速
    to keep pace with
    [+person] 与…并驾齐驱
  5. 5. vt. [+events] 与…同步
    to do sth at one's own pace
    自己的步调做某事
    to take a pace forwards/backwards
    进一步/退一步
    to put sb through his/her paces
    考察某人能力
    to pace up and down
    踱来踱去

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

pace [peɪs]
  1. 1. n.[c] 移动的速度
    Beside him, the girl walked at the same pace, just out of step with him.
    在他旁边那个女孩同样步速走路只是迈步与他不同
  2. 2. noun [Person Name] 佩斯帕斯,帕塞,帕切,帕采
  3. 3. n.[c] 步幅
    Eric, a pace ahead, stopped suddenly and turned around.
    艾瑞克往前一步突然顿住,转身
    He stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig.
    他在距老树十步之处开始挖掘
  4. 4. n.[c/u] 节奏进度
    They are in fact a group of left-wingers bent on slowing the pace of reform.
    实际上他们一群左翼分子一心减缓改革进度
    The pace of events accelerated.
    活动速度加快了。
    He lived at a fast pace.
    他的生活节奏很快
  5. 5. n.[c] 一步,一大步
    She stood up and took a few paces round the bedroom.
    她站了起来并绕卧室走了几步。
  6. 6. n.[c] 速率速度
  7. 7. n.[c] 步度
    The treasure was buried 30 paces from the tree.
    宝藏埋在距那棵树30步处。
  8. 8. n.[c] 溜蹄
  9. 9. n.[u] 步调步态
    They walk at a more leisured pace than normal.
    他们以一种比平时更加悠闲步态走路
  10. 10. verb 踱步走来走去
    She started to pace the office like a lioness in a cage.
    开始办公室走来走去,就像笼子里的一只母狮子。
    He paced up and down the hall.
    他在这座山上爬上爬下。
  11. 11. verb (使)溜蹄
    He slowly paced down the driveway towards his car.
    沿着车道溜蹄向他的汽车
    The horse paced.
    这匹马在溜蹄。
  12. 12. vt. 步测……的距离
    He paced out an arc of twelve paces, looked for the killer's place.
    他步测出一个12步的弧度寻找杀手位置
  13. 13. vt. 调整……的步调调整……的速度
    Patience and judgement are required to know how to pace the learning and personal adjustment needs.
    知道如何调整学习速度个人调节需求是需要耐心判断力的。

Collins English-English Dictionary

pace [peɪs] ['pɒːkε]
  1. 1. n a single step in walking
  2. 2. n the distance covered by a step
  3. 3. n a measure of length equal to the average length of a stride, approximately 3 feet - See also Roman pace geometric pace military pace
  4. 4. n speed of movement, esp of walking or running
  5. 5. n rate or style of proceeding at some activity
    to live at a fast pace
  6. 6. n manner or action of stepping, walking, etc; gait
  7. 7. n any of the manners in which a horse or other quadruped walks or runs, the three principal paces being the walk, trot, and canter (or gallop)
  8. 8. n a manner of moving, natural to the camel and sometimes developed in the horse, in which the two legs on the same side of the body are moved and put down at the same time
  9. 9. n [architect] a step or small raised platform
  10. 10. vt. [tr] to set or determine the pace for, as in a race
  11. 11. vt. [often foll by about, up and down, etc] to walk with regular slow or fast paces, as in boredom, agitation, etc
    to pace the room
  12. 12. vt. [tr; often foll by out] to measure by paces
    to pace out the distance
  13. 13. vi. [intr] to walk with slow regular strides
    to pace along the street
  14. 14. vi. [intr] (of a horse) to move at the pace (the specially developed gait)
  15. 15. vi. [Etymology] C13: via Old French from Latin passus step, from pandere to spread, unfold, extend (the legs as in walking)
  16. 16. prep with due deference to: used to acknowledge politely someone who disagrees with the speaker or writer
  17. 17. prep [Etymology] C19: from Latin, from pax peace

Examples

to keep pace
齐步前进;并驾齐驱
a round pace
轻快的步子
a snappy pace
轻快的步子
He works at a smart pace.
他很有工作效率。
Research tends to move along at a slow but orderly pace.
研究趋于缓慢而有序地发展。

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