paces

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

• N-SING 速度；节奏
  Thepaceof 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。
• N-SING 步速
  Yourpaceis 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。
• N-COUNT 步幅
  Apaceis 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。
• VERB （由于焦虑或不耐烦而）在…踱步
  If youpacea 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。
• VERB 放稳步调
  If youpace yourselfwhen 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。
• PHRASE 与…步调一致
  If somethingkeeps pace withsomething 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
• PHRASE 与…齐头并进（或并驾齐驱）
  If youkeep pace withsomeone 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。
• PHRASE 以适合自己的节奏
  If you do somethingatyourown 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。
• PHRASE 考查…的能力/ 展现…的才能
  If youputsomeonethroughtheirpacesor make themgo throughtheirpaces, 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。
• at a snail's pace→ see:snail

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• He took two small paces into the cave's open mouth.
  他挪了两步到了洞口。
• They moved on a dozen paces.
  他们往前走了十几步。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He'd only gone a few paces before he stopped again
  他只走了几步远就又停了下来。
• 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。
• Walk with slow or fast paces.
  以缓慢或快速的步调走动。