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pace

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pace1 /peɪs/ ●●○ W3 noun
1  speed of events/changes 事件/變化的速度 [singular]SPEED the speed at which something happens or is done 速度；進度
pace of
The pace of change in our lives is becoming faster and faster.
我們生活的變化速度越來越快。
at a steady/slow etc pace
Public spending continues to rise at a steady pace.
公共開支繼續穩步上升。
2  walk/run 走/跑 [singular]WALKRUN the speed at which someone walks, runs, or moves 步速；〔移動的〕速度
pace of
You need to step up the pace of your exercises.
你應該加快訓練速度。
at a slow/leisurely/brisk etc pace
Lucy set off at a leisurely pace back to the hotel.
露西邁着悠閒的步子出發回賓館。
He quickened his pace, longing to be home.
他加快步伐，盼望着早點回到家中。
Traffic slowed to a walking pace.
車流速度減緩，猶如步行。
3  step 一步 [countableC]WALK a single step when you are running or walking, or the distance you move in one step 〔跑或走的〕一步；一步之距
pace backwards/towards/forwards etc
He took a pace towards the door.
他朝門口走了一步。
Rebecca walked a few paces behind her mum.
麗貝卡走在媽媽身後幾步遠的地方。
4  keep pace (with something/somebody) SAMEto change or increase as fast as something else, or to move as fast as someone else （與某物/某人）並駕齊驅，步伐一致
Salaries have not always kept pace with inflation.
工資上漲的速度往往趕不上通貨膨脹。
The supply of materials cannot keep pace with demand.
物資供不應求。
Slow down! I can’t keep pace with you.
慢點！ 我跟不上你了。
Examples from the Corpus
keep pace (with something/somebody)• Purse money, however, has not kept pace.• However, the implementation of existing directives into national law is not keeping pace with the 1992 programme.• But they still haven't kept pace with the population even though it is slowing down now.• Interest rates paid on checking and passbook savings accounts failed to keep pace with inflation.• Her words were written down by recorders, whom she sometimes exhorted to write faster to keep pace with her.• But his lack of experience and robotic speaking style made it difficult for him to keep pace with Dole.• An aide said the money is needed to keep pace with the cost of issuing licenses.• Pensions and benefits had not risen to keep pace with the rate of inflation, especially in the 1970s.
5. go through your paces  (also show your paces)DO to show how well you can do something 展示自己的能力
Examples from the Corpus
go through your paces• The crowd at Colvin Run Mill watched raptly as the nine black company members and their white commander went through their paces.• Most of the students are satisfied eating and watching Reed go through her paces, with very few questions asked.• Slaven went through his paces as the club announced a sell-out for the March 4 first leg at Ayresome Park.• At times his voice went through its paces almost independently of the sense.
6  put somebody/something through their paces DOto make a person, vehicle, animal etc show how well they can do something 測試某人/某物的本領[性能]；使某人/某物展示本領[性能]
The test driver puts all the cars through their paces.
試車手測試了所有的車輛。
7  set the pace 
a) SPEEDif a company sets the pace, it does something before its competitors or to a better standard 領先，起帶頭作用
set the pace in
Japanese firms have been setting the pace in electronic engineering.
日本公司在電子工程方面一直處於領先地位。
b) DSO (also set a brisk/cracking etc pace British EnglishBrE) to go faster than the other competitors in a race, who then try to achieve the same speed 〔在比賽開始時〕領先，定速度〔使其他參賽者跟随〕
The Italians set the pace for the first eight laps.
前八圈意大利隊一馬當先。
Examples from the Corpus
pace in• Britain set the pace in the first half of the nineteenth century.• They've got stronger since then and have set the pace in the championship race this season.• The two sides are among a group of clubs setting the pace in the Bord Gais National League with four points apiece.
8  force the pace SPEEDto make something happen or develop more quickly than it would do normally 使加快速度；使加速發展
force the pace on
measures designed to force the pace on alternative energy policies
旨在加快實施替代能源政策步伐的措施
Examples from the Corpus
force the pace• Why loot and burn when you can participate, force the pace of change?• There was an alternative view, however, that forcing the pace was necessary if real change was to be effected.• There will be no attempt to force the pace at the Luxembourg summit next month.• The Care in the Community initiative in 1981 attempted to force the pace.• So, in the summer of 1959, without abandoning association, de Gaulle decided to force the pace of his policy.• But she was not to force the pace in any way.• Perhaps I tried to force the pace.• To force the pace now was irresponsible, and could lead to a power vacuum.
9  be able to stand the pace BUSY/HAVE A LOT TO DOto be able to deal with situations where you are very busy and have to think and act very quickly 能夠適應緊張的節奏
If you can stand the pace, working in advertising pays well.
從事廣告業報酬很高，只要你能適應緊張的工作節奏。
 COLLOCATIONS
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + pace
rapid/fast 快的
The rapid pace of change creates uncertainty.
快速變化造成了不確定性。
slow 慢的
The pace of life in the countryside is slower.
鄉間的生活節奏更慢。
a steady pace 以穩健的速度
The economy was growing at a slow but steady pace.
經濟增長速度緩慢但穩健。
at your own pace (=at the pace that suits you) 以適合自己的速度
This allows each child to learn at his or her own pace.
這使得每個兒童都能以適合自己的速度學習。
at a snail’s pace (=very slowly) 以蝸牛般的速度
Reform is proceeding at a snail’s pace.
改革正以蝸牛般的速度推行。
a breakneck pace (=extremely fast) 以極快的速度
Singapore prospered and modernized at a breakneck pace.
新加坡以極快的速度實現了繁榮和現代化。
a hectic/frantic pace (=a very fast and hurried speed) 以忙亂的速度
nWe worked at a hectic pace.
verbs
the pace quickens/accelerates 速度加快
The pace of change is quickening.
變革的速度在加快。
the pace slows/slackens 速度放慢
nAfter a surge in exports, the pace slackened considerably the following year.
5The economy was growing at a slow but steady pace.
經濟增長速度緩慢但穩健。
gather pace (=happen more quickly) 加快步伐
Support for the campaign is gathering pace.
支持這場運動的人越來越多。
keep up the pace (=continue to do something or happen as quickly as before) 保持速度
nChina's society is transforming but can it keep up the pace?
nkeep up with the pace (=do something as fast as something else is happening or being done)
It’s essential that we constantly update our skills and keep up with the pace of change.
phrases
the pace of change 變化速度
The pace of change accelerated dramatically in the early 1980s.
20 世紀80年代初,改革的步伐大大加快。
the pace of life 生活節奏
nHere, the sun shines every day and the pace of life is slower.
5He had to adjust to a different pace of life.
他不得不去適應另一種生活節奏。
the pace of development 發展速度
nThe pace of development in computer graphics is amazing.
the pace of reform 改革的步伐
nSome senior party figures favor a slower pace of reform.
COMMON ERRORSDon’t say ‘in your own pace’ or ‘on your own pace’. Say at your own pace.
不要說 ‘in your own pace’ 或 ‘on your own pace’. 而要說 at your own pace.
Examples from the Corpus
pace• About 20 paces from the house is an old oak tree.• And it built them at a pace that would have left the most ambitious pharaoh dazzled-something like six hundred in sixty years.• They stood close to the door, the boy a pace behind the official.• These are the experiences of monotony, fragmentation and excessive pace in work and social interaction patterns.• Eddie walked a few paces behind his mother, his head hung low.• We climbed at a leisurely pace, stopping occasionally to enjoy the view.• He took a couple of paces forward, then stopped.• There are obvious benefits in allowing each student to go at his own pace.• The Kumon method involves students learning at their own pace.• I'm enjoying the relaxed pace of life of Jamaica.• He fell from power in 1987, resigning from the Politburo over the slow pace of reform.• The soldiers were marching at a steady pace.• I'd gone about ten paces, when I heard a strange sound behind me.• Finally I got the ax to stick from ten paces.• The numbers grew and the pace of activity became a thick and steady march.• Since November, the pace of borrowing likely slowed as department and chain stores reported dismal holiday sales.• The pace of political change has been rapid.• Paul stepped three paces into the room and dropped his bag.
walking pace• Walking pace often seems to give us the pulse of a movement; and walking pace and heartbeat are often linked.• Riders are sometimes slowed to a walking pace and punch the supporters who try to embrace them.• You advance at walking pace behind the barrage.• The target was man-shaped, man-sized, and was moved electronically across the sandbagged wall at a brisk walking pace.• I trotted for half a block or so, then switched back to my brisk walking pace.• Even with the wind of generosity at their back, why did they travel at a man's walking pace?• Most sports contain the vital ingredient of moving your legs forward at a quicker-than-walking pace.
took ... pace• Charlie took a pace backwards and stared up at the name above the shop.• The three men in grey suits each took a pace forward.• Then he took a pace forward and she saw he was dressed in the russet smock of a verderer.• Then the burial party took a pace to the right and began digging the grave of another known soldier.
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pace2 verb
1  [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep, transitiveT]WALK to walk first in one direction and then in another many times, especially because you are nervous 〔尤因緊張〕踱步（於）
I found Mark at the hospital, pacing restlessly up and down.
我看見馬克在醫院裏焦躁不安地踱來踱去。
pace the floor/room
Sam stood up and paced the floor, deep in thought.
薩姆站起身，在屋裏踱來踱去，全神貫注地思索着。
► see thesaurus at walk
2  pace yourself 
a) DSOto control the speed that you move at in a race, so that you still have energy left near the end 〔比賽中〕控制自己的速度
Nicky paced herself and came through the ranks to win.
尼基控制好自己的速度，超過了一個又一個選手，最終獲得了勝利。
b) SPEEDto organize your life and activities so that you do not have too much to do 調整自己的生活[活動]節奏
You need to pace yourself and decide which tasks are the most important.
你應該調整一下自己的節奏，將工作分出輕重緩急來。
Examples from the Corpus
pace yourself• It's a long climb, so you have to pace yourself.• And scheduling meetings in ways that can help them pace themselves.• Next he enlisted the help of his wife and two friends to remind him to say no more often and pace himself.• Service was slow so we waited almost 30 minutes for our entrees-though we paced ourselves slowly through the appetizer.• The result is that post-job work-ers are going to have to learn to pace themselves.• Now he paced himself and took matters more steadily.• To pace yourself, doing enough to pay for a comfortable life and little enough to stay invisible.• Pause and pace yourself Most of us leave no time in our day for ourselves.• The lord has to learn how best to pace himself spiritually to allow this desire to integrate all his potential.
3  [transitiveT] (also pace something ↔ off, pace something ↔ out)TM to measure a distance by walking across it with steps of equal length 以腳步丈量，步測
The director paced out the length of the stage.
那位導演步測了舞台的長度。
Examples from the Corpus
pace• I went back to the tree, and I found Barbra pacing.• The Doctor paced around the excavation measuring the depth and imprint of the relics.• Sarah paced back and forth along the corridor, waiting for the doctor to come back.• I was pacing in the next room, talking to the Lord.• I need someone to pace me or I fall too far behind.• He paced off the distance just to make sure.• Meryl was also awake, pacing the floor in her dressing-gown.• She paced the floor, waiting until she judged the rooms would be full of people.• Stewart was pacing the floor while watching the game on TV.• Kernan paced the Monarchs with 17 points and 15 rebounds.• Emmanuel Adigun and Haywood Vital paced the second-half surge for the Wildcats with 14 and 11 points, respectively.• Augusta resumed her pacing, throwing her hands outward in little distracted gestures.• A lion paced up and down the cage, growling.• "We're going to be late, '' Jordan said irritably, pacing up and down the room.• He began pacing up and down the room.
pace the floor/room• As she moved closer to him on the sofa, he leapt to his feet and began pacing the floor.• Then I began to pace the floor and think about this thing.• He had spent a ruinous and totally sleepless night, pacing the floors but being able to find no solace.• He might wake to watch her pacing the room in the dark, hour after hour.• Augusta rose and paced the room, stopped and put the heels of both palms against her temples.• She paced the floor, waiting until she judged the rooms would be full of people.• He was pacing the floor when Dannie Bulman spun a deep cross into the Leicester penalty area.
From Longman Business Dictionary
pacepace /peɪs/ noun [singular]
1the rate or speed at which something happens
The average price of a new car began to soar at a faster pace than household incomes.
2keep pace (with) to change at the same rate as someone or something else
Next year’s spending may not even keep pace with inflation.
Demand continues to keep pace, with shipments rising about 2.5%.
3set the pace to establish the speed at which your competitors try to do something, or the standard of quality they try to achieve
It continues to set the pace for all other local shopping complexes.
Origin pace1
(1200-1300) Old French pas “step”, from Latin passus

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