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N-SING
速度；節奏
The pace of something is the speed at which it happens or is done.
例句
Many people were not satisfied with the pace of change.
很多人對變革的步伐不滿意。
...people who prefer to live at a slower pace...
樂于放慢生活節奏的人
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N-SING
步速
Your pace is the speed at which you walk.
例句
He moved at a brisk pace down the rue St Antoine...
他沿著圣安托萬街輕快地走去。
Their pace quickened as they approached their cars.
走近自己的車時，他們加快了腳步。
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N-COUNT
步幅
A pace is the distance that you move when you take one step.
例句
He'd only gone a few paces before he stopped again...
他只走了幾步遠就又停了下來。
I took a pace backwards.
我往后退了一步。
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VERB
（由于焦慮或不耐煩而）在…踱步
If you pace a small area, you keep walking up and down it, because you are anxious or impatient.
例句
As they waited, Kravis paced the room nervously...
他們等的時候，克拉維斯在屋里不安地踱來踱去。
He found John pacing around the flat, unable to sleep...
他發現約翰在公寓里來回踱步，無法入睡。
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VERB
放穩步調
If you pace yourself when doing something, you do it at a steady rate.
例句
It was a tough race and I had to pace myself.
這是場艱苦的比賽，我不得不控制好節奏。
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PHRASE
與…步調一致
If something keeps pace with something else that is changing, it changes quickly in response to it.
例句
Farmers are angry because the rise fails to keep pace with inflation.
農民們很氣憤，因為提價趕不上通貨膨脹。
...a world changing far too fast for her to keep pace.
世界變化得太快，她跟不上
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PHRASE
與…齊頭并進（或并駕齊驅）
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.
例句
With four laps to go, he kept pace with the leaders...
還剩4圈的時候，他緊緊咬住領先者。
Daisy strode alongside her, breathing heavily but keeping pace.
黛西在她身邊大步走著，大口喘著氣，但是沒有落后。
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PHRASE
以適合自己的節奏
If you do something at your own pace , you do it at a speed that is comfortable for you.
例句
The computer will give students the opportunity to learn at their own pace...
計算機讓學生們有機會按照自己的節奏學習。
She was going too fast so I decided to keep riding at my own pace.
她騎得太快了，所以我決定按自己的速度騎。
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PHRASE
考查…的能力/ 展現…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.
例句
The British coach is putting the boxers through their paces...
英國教練正在檢驗拳手們的能力。
A group of the world's best waterskiers will be going through their paces.
一隊世界上最優秀的滑水運動員將一展身手。