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 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++pace1 /peɪs/ ●●○ W3 noun  1  speed of events/changes 事件/变化的速度 [singular]SPEED the speed at which something happens or is done 速度；进度pace of The pace of change in our lives is becoming faster and faster. 我们生活的变化速度越来越快。at a steady/slow etc pace Public spending continues to rise at a steady pace. 公共开支继续稳步上升。2  walk/run 走/跑 [singular]WALKRUN the speed at which someone walks, runs, or moves 步速；〔移动的〕速度pace of You need to step up the pace of your exercises. 你应该加快训练速度。at a slow/leisurely/brisk etc pace Lucy set off at a leisurely pace back to the hotel. 露西迈着悠闲的步子出发回宾馆。 He quickened his pace, longing to be home. 他加快步伐，盼望着早点回到家中。 Traffic slowed to a walking pace. 车流速度减缓，犹如步行。3  step 一步 [countable]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. 他朝门口走了一步。 Rebecca walked a few paces behind her mum. 丽贝卡走在妈妈身后几步远的地方。4  keep pace (with something/somebody) SAMEto change or increase as fast as something else, or to move as fast as someone else （与某物/某人）并驾齐驱，步伐一致 Salaries have not always kept pace with inflation. 工资上涨的速度往往赶不上通货膨胀。 The supply of materials cannot keep pace with demand. 物资供不应求。 Slow down! I can’t keep pace with you. 慢点！ 我跟不上你了。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6  put somebody/something through their paces DOto make a person, vehicle, animal etc show how well they can do something 测试某人/某物的本领[性能]；使某人/某物展示本领[性能] The test driver puts all the cars through their paces. 试车手测试了所有的车辆。7  set the pace a) SPEEDif a company sets the pace, it does something before its competitors or to a better standard 领先，起带头作用set the pace in Japanese firms have been setting the pace in electronic engineering. 日本公司在电子工程方面一直处于领先地位。 b) DSO (also set a brisk/cracking etc pace British English) to go faster than the other competitors in a race, who then try to achieve the same speed 〔在比赛开始时〕领先，定速度〔使其他参赛者跟随〕 The Italians set the pace for the first eight laps. 前八圈意大利队一马当先。8  force the pace SPEEDto make something happen or develop more quickly than it would do normally 使加快速度；使加速发展force the pace on measures designed to force the pace on alternative energy policies 旨在加快实施替代能源政策步伐的措施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 能够适应紧张的节奏 If you can stand the pace, working in advertising pays well. 从事广告业报酬很高，只要你能适应紧张的工作节奏。 COLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUN + pacerapid/fast 快的The rapid pace of change creates uncertainty. 快速变化造成了不确定性。slow 慢的The pace of life in the countryside is slower. 乡间的生活节奏更慢。a steady pace 以稳健的速度The economy was growing at a slow but steady pace. 经济增长速度缓慢但稳健。at your own pace (=at the pace that suits you) 以适合自己的速度This allows each child to learn at his or her own pace. 这使得每个儿童都能以适合自己的速度学习。at a snail’s pace (=very slowly) 以蜗牛般的速度Reform is proceeding at a snail’s pace. 改革正以蜗牛般的速度推行。a breakneck pace (=extremely fast) 以极快的速度Singapore prospered and modernized at a breakneck pace. 新加坡以极快的速度实现了繁荣和现代化。a hectic/frantic pace (=a very fast and hurried speed) 以忙乱的速度nWe worked at a hectic pace.verbsthe pace quickens/accelerates 速度加快The pace of change is quickening. 变革的速度在加快。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.经济增长速度缓慢但稳健。gather pace (=happen more quickly) 加快步伐Support for the campaign is gathering pace. 支持这场运动的人越来越多。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.phrasesthe pace of change 变化速度The pace of change accelerated dramatically in the early 1980s. 20 世纪80年代初,改革的步伐大大加快。the pace of life 生活节奏nHere, the sun shines every day and the pace of life is slower.5He had to adjust to a different pace of life.他不得不去适应另一种生活节奏。the pace of development 发展速度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 ERRORS ► Don’t say ‘in your own pace’ or ‘on your own pace’. Say at your own pace. 不要说 ‘in your own pace’ 或 ‘on your own pace’. 而要说 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  [intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive]WALK to walk first in one direction and then in another many times, especially because you are nervous 〔尤因紧张〕踱步（于） I found Mark at the hospital, pacing restlessly up and down. 我看见马克在医院里焦躁不安地踱来踱去。pace the floor/room Sam stood up and paced the floor, deep in thought. 萨姆站起身，在屋里踱来踱去，全神贯注地思索着。► see thesaurus at walk2  pace yourself a) DSOto control the speed that you move at in a race, so that you still have energy left near the end 〔比赛中〕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，超过了一个又一个选手，最终获得了胜利。 b) SPEEDto organize your life and activities so that you do not have too much to do 调整自己的生活[活动]节奏 You need to pace yourself and decide which tasks are the most important. 你应该调整一下自己的节奏，将工作分出轻重缓急来。3  [transitive] (also pace something ↔ off, pace something ↔ out)TM to measure a distance by walking across it with steps of equal length 以脚步丈量，步测 The director paced out the length of the stage. 那位导演步测了舞台的长度。→ See Verb table

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 Dictionarypacepace /peɪs/ noun [singular]1the rate or speed at which something happensThe 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 elseNext 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 achieveIt 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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pace¹ W3 /peɪs/ noun1.  SPEED OF EVENTS/CHANGES  [singular] the speed at which something happens or is done
    pace of
    The pace of change in our lives is becoming faster and faster.
    at a steady/slow etc pace
    Public spending continues to rise at a steady pace.
2.  WALK/RUN  [singular] the speed at which someone walks, runs, or moves
    pace of
    You need to step up the pace of your exercises.
    at a slow/leisurely/brisk etc pace
    Lucy set off at a leisurely pace back to the hotel.
    He quickened his pace, longing to be home.
    Traffic slowed to a walking pace.
3.  STEP  [countable] a single step when you are running or walking, or the distance you move in one step
    pace backwards/towards/forwards etc
    He took a pace towards the door.
    Rebecca walked a few paces behind her mum.
4. keep pace (with something/somebody) to change or increase as fast as something else, or to move as fast as someone else:
    Salaries have not always kept pace with inflation.
    The supply of materials cannot keep pace with demand.
    Slow down__ I can’t keep pace with you.
5. go through your paces (also show your paces) to show how well you can do something
6. put somebody/something through their paces to make a person, vehicle, animal etc show how well they can do something:
    The test driver puts all the cars through their paces.
7. set the pace
  a. if a company sets the pace, it does something before its competitors or to a better standard
    set the pace in
    Japanese firms have been setting the pace in electronic engineering.
  b. (also set a brisk/cracking etc pace British English) to go faster than the other competitors in a race, who then try to achieve the same speed:
    The Italians set the pace for the first eight laps.
8. force the pace to make something happen or develop more quickly than it would do normally
    force the pace on
    measures designed to force the pace on alternative energy policies
9. be able to stand the pace to be able to deal with situations where you are very busy and have to think and act very quickly:
    If you can stand the pace, working in advertising pays well.
     

COLLOCATIONS

■ ADJECTIVES/NOUN + pace
   ▪ rapid/fast The rapid pace of change creates uncertainty.
   ▪ slow The pace of life in the countryside is slower.
   ▪ a steady pace The economy was growing at a slow but steady pace.
   ▪ at your own pace (=at the pace that suits you) This allows each child to learn at his or her own pace.
   ▪ at a snail’s pace (=very slowly) Reform is proceeding at a snail’s pace.
   ▪ a breakneck pace (=extremely fast) Singapore prospered and modernized at a breakneck pace.
   ▪ a hectic/frantic pace (=a very fast and hurried speed) We worked at a hectic pace.
■ verbs
   ▪ the pace quickens/accelerates The pace of change is quickening.
   ▪ the pace slows/slackens After a surge in exports, the pace slackened considerably the following year.
   ▪ gather pace (=happen more quickly) Support for the campaign is gathering pace.
   ▪ keep up the pace (=continue to do something or happen as quickly as before) China's society is transforming but can it keep up the pace?
   ▪ keep 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 The pace of change accelerated dramatically in the early 1980s.
   ▪ the pace of life Here, the sun shines every day and the pace of life is slower.
   ▪ the pace of development The pace of development in computer graphics is amazing.
   ▪ the pace of reform Some senior party figures favor a slower pace of reform.
■ COMMON ERRORS
    ► Do not say 'in your own pace' or 'on your own pace'. Say at your own pace.

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pace² verb
1. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive] to walk first in one direction and then in another many times, especially because you are nervous:
    I found Mark at the hospital, pacing restlessly up and down.
    pace the floor/room
    Sam stood up and paced the floor, deep in thought.
2. pace yourself
  a. to control the speed that you move at in a race, so that you still have energy left near the end:
    Nicky paced herself and came through the ranks to win.
  b. to organize your life and activities so that you do not have too much to do:
    You need to pace yourself and decide which tasks are the most important.
3. [transitive] (also pace something ↔ off, pace something ↔ out) to measure a distance by walking across it with steps of equal length:
    The director paced out the length of the stage.
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ walk to move forward by putting one foot in front of the other: I missed the bus so I decided to walk. | We’ve walked about eight miles today.
   ▪ wander to walk without any clear purpose or direction: They wandered around the narrow streets of the old city.
   ▪ stride to walk with long steps in a determined, confident, or angry way: A man in a suit came striding purposefully into the hall. | She strode onto the stage and began to address the audience.
   ▪ pace to walk first in one direction and then in another many times, especially because you are nervous: Nick was pacing up and down, waiting for the phone to ring.
   ▪ march to walk quickly with firm regular steps – used especially about soldiers or someone who is angry: The troops marched past with smart uniform and good discipline. | Sheila marched into the office and demanded an apology.
   ▪ wade to walk through deep water: We had to wade across the river.
   ▪ stomp to walk putting your feet down very hard, especially because you are angry: She turned and stomped off without looking back.