1A single step taken when walking or running.

1. 1.1 A unit of length representing the distance between two successive steps in walking.
   步（作长度单位的走一步的距离）
   Example sentencesExamples

   • She stepped forward into a square room with no windows, perhaps ten paces across.
   • Naoise strode exactly twenty paces away, and turned to face Danovin, falling into the first fighting stance Dendria had taught him.
   • Every twenty or so paces, there appeared a door to one side, a barred door made of iron, thick and solid.
   • Our regiment then retreated, about fifty paces, I think, and there we halted just behind the brow of a hill.
   • Chaim walked a few hundred paces away until he came to a tree.
   • They had only gone about fifty paces, tripping over rocks and disturbing dust, when the direction of the sound changed.
   • Sighing, the man walked the four paces that the queue had advanced.
   • Count eight paces from the high chair to the flashy space at the studio's end.
   • Unbelievably large, it must have measured at least over a hundred paces in length and width.
   • She watched shadowy footsteps catch up and go in front, then resumed her earlier speed some five paces behind.
   • The poor runner has covered a distance of 100 paces before the good runner sets off in pursuit.
   • Wordlessly, Joe turned and walked a few paces, setting the distance for the gunfight.
   • We hauled rock-hard water from the well about fifty paces out the front of the house.
   • A lightly armed guard followed her at a distance of nearly ten paces.
   • Carl walked the thirteen paces towards the inferno then stopped.
   • But within twenty paces he was walking across featureless grass.
   • They broke apart, and Quin glared across the two paces or so of distance between him and his foe, waiting patiently for the next onslaught.
   • Enhance my vision telescopically, allowing me to read fine print from the far side of the restaurant, or see an ant at fifty paces.
   • Two paces away stood the lift doors to the shuttle bay.
   • He spied the jaguar disappear into the trees and then Pockets sent the sentry unit a few paces before him as he followed.
2. 1.2 A gait of a horse or other animal, especially one of the recognized trained gaits of a horse.
   （马或其他动物的）步态；步法（尤指马的一种训练出来的步法）
   Example sentencesExamples

   • They rode at a steady pace, their horses' clip-clop sounds in cadence with each other.
   • Hoss urged the horse to a faster pace to overtake the lead animal, and slow the little group down.
   • He picked up the pace of his horse, glanced around once more, making sure that only ghosts and not Federal soldiers surrounded him.
   • Feeling this error, the rider may use his or her legs to cue the horse to round out his back and slow his pace, but the horse assumes the rider still wants to go faster.
   • The three riders rounded the bend, as Garon's front entrance came into view the trio slowed down the pace of their horses and rode alongside each other.
   • The rest of the ride was at a slow pace so the horses would not get overheated.
   • When your horse learns an even pace, he will feel comfortable and confidant when he uses it in a ride and it will become automatic for him and easy for you, too.
   • Will picked a quick pace for the horses, and started to gallop off.
   • Boreal's trainer Peter Schiergen also said that the pace had not suited his horse.
   • The little white northern horse picked up his pace, anticipating a rubbing down, and a sweet bunch of carrots.
   • Since they were in no hurry, Bell and Kevin trained the others at a slower pace than Kevin trained at.
   • Then came the horses and riders, cantering at a stately pace, clearly restrained by some mysterious hunt etiquette.
   • The pace quickened to a canter as the trail began to open and they rode into a valley.
   • Angel attempted to slow the steed to an easier pace, but the animal refused.
   • I quickened the pace of my horse so that I was level with Jason.
   • Heiferman began at the pace of a runaway horse, and his frenzy only increased as he continued.
   • Harp did not let the horse slow its pace until well near nightfall.
   • Billy and White Eagle drove their horses at a furious pace as they hoped to escape Slade's wrath.
   • The horses galloped at an astonishing pace, racing for the edge of the forest, through the Hollow Mists of Leba, desperate to escape.
   • She feared at any moment that the animal would quicken its pace and send her flying to the ground, but voiced neither her concerns nor her discomfort.
3. 1.3literary A person's manner of walking or running.
   （一）步
   I steal with quiet pace

   我悄悄地走。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Their verse has not the rushing speed that could pace that tempest, it has not the teeming life that would pacify the wood.
   • She moaned some lame excuse to whoever she was talking with and walked with shaken pace towards the quiet parts of the flat.

   Synonyms

   gait, stride, walk, tread, march

2Consistent and continuous speed in walking, running, or moving.

1. 2.1 The speed or rate at which something happens, changes, or develops.
   （发生、进展、发展的）速度；速率
   the children work separately in the classroom at their own pace

   the poor neighborhoods fester at an increasingly rapid pace

   Example sentencesExamples

   • It was disbanded by 1919, but as the Second World War gathered pace, the need for extra hands on the land increased.
   • The movie generally maintains this frenetic pace, sometimes so fast it's like you are looking at a reel of photographic negatives.
   • The adjustment will take time and effort but MacDougall believes his improvement has gathered pace in the past fortnight, since he made his first start.
   • With low expectations at the beginning of the year, the county was carried on a tsunami of hope as the summer gathered pace and the Lilywhites marched to the Leinster final.
   • In his exploration of the evolution of Calgary, entitled Birth of a Metropolis, Lougheed underscores the city's rapid pace of development.
   • Slow fades and dissolve shots are also used to complement the film's unhurried, unforced pace.
   • Large-scale student involvement in university by its very nature is difficult, due to the fast - paced lives student lead.
   • But it looks as if the second half of next year will see this growth pace slowing markedly.
   • Because of its unhurried pace, the Adagio is sometimes played at memorial services.
   • The momentum for this initiative has gathered pace following action by a group of French activists including anti-globalisation campaigner Jose Bove.
   • Zalm said that if Bulgaria's economy continues to develop at this pace, interest in it among Dutch people would continue to grow.
   • The rapid pace of development and the increasing population in Jakarta have been taking a toll on the land.
   • The whole production, in fact, is even more delightful than I remembered it, everything moving with even greater pace and sparkle.
   • The universe then settled into a more leisurely pace of expansion over the past 13.7 billion years or so.
   • The momentum gathered pace late on as the Dow Jones Industrial Average moved ahead despite three straight days of gains on Wall Street.
   • Two factors quickened the pace of change over the course of American history.
   • From 20 yards, his left-foot shot gathered pace as it swerved and rose into the far corner of the net.
   • For newcomers lacking experience with Shanghai's language, culture, daily life and fast pace, the possibility of trouble was high.
   • As the jubilee celebrations gathered pace only the changeable weather threatened to dampen spirits.
   • High-end computers these days consume more and more power, and the power supply industry continues to release new units at a blazing pace.

1Walk at a steady and consistent speed, especially back and forth and as an expression of one's anxiety or annoyance.

我们恼火地来回踱步。

她一直在房间里走来走去。

1. 1.1with object Measure (a distance) by walking it and counting the number of steps taken.
   步测
   I paced out the dimensions of my new home

   我用步子测出了我的新房子的大小。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • It got paced out pretty well, but I'm definitely still tipsy, if not still drunk.
   • I watched an elderly woman pause halfway up one steep hill, pacing the distance that remained.
   • Anthak uncrossed his arms, then shook his head and smiled, before he approached from one side so he could pace out its walls.
   • After pacing the 100-metre length of the island, it becomes obvious why no one has applied for planning permission on Isay.
   • Idiots, they used this route every day, it was not enough to know the layout of the streets, they should have paced out the escape routes, that was what he always did.
   • He first paced out the dimensions of the power station more than six years ago.
   • You can also go out and pace the course if you want to - that's what caddies do - and many clubs provide the same information in printed guides.
   • But watch for that paced, measured approach to keep rolling past Thursday June 7.
   • Ready to vault, a serious faced youth, paced out his run, backed up again and then sprinted down the launch pad.
   • But dancing even more so, as he confidently and smoothly paced out the measures of the waltz.
2. 1.2with object Lead (another runner in a race) in order to establish a competitive speed.
   为…领跑
   Morales paced us for four miles

   麦克纳为我们领跑了四英里。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Gary Sheffield and newcomer Shawn Green have paced the club's strong offense.
   • Jamie Langenbrunner paced New Jersey through its first two rounds, scoring seven goals.
   • When one runner paces another, it means the pace runner doesn't compete but accompanies the other runner to keep their spirits up.
   • Ohio State has good ground depth and is paced by freshman Maurice Clarett, a rugged runner who gets stronger with each carry.
   • Given Guillen's history of injuries, the team wants to pace him.
   • Patrick Morin paced St Pierre scorers with a pair of goals.
   • She trains alongside local club rower, Jiri Mizera who paces her making every practice a mini competition.
   • This close margin remained as the two leading boats paced each other through the middle of the race.
   • In the final race of the evening, Bekele was paced by his brother Tariku to well within world record pace by the halfway point.
   • Last year Michael Skinner helped pace a World record in the two-mile race.
   • They paced Roger Bannister while the doctor broke the four-minute barrier for the mile.
   • Her husband had quit pacing her after 20 miles, leaving her to navigate the nighttime forest on her own.
   • Heat two followed a similar pattern as Slovenia and Germany paced each other to a photo finish, Slovenia earning the advantage.
   • The United States and Poland paced each other through the first half of the race before the US took the upper hand and moved closer to Canada.
   • Giacomo Galanda paced Italy with 28 points while Carmelo Anthony led the Americans with 19 points.
   • Russia and Belarus divided the field by pacing each other through the first half of the race.
   • Kupets said her coaches, Kelli Hill and Jen Bundy, are pacing her for the long summer schedule.
   • France and South Africa paced each other throughout the race with France taking the upper edge at the line by less than half a second.
   • Co-head coaches Jill Sterkel and Michael Walker bring back a talented Texas team, paced by a trio of senior leaders.
   • The Slovenians and Poland moved out of the start in the lead and paced each other at the head of the field.
3. 1.3pace oneself Do something at a slow and steady rate or speed in order to avoid overexerting oneself.
   控制工作节奏；悠然而做
   Frank was pacing himself for the long night and day ahead

   弗兰克正悠着劲地干着，以便能坚持随后那个漫长的晚上和白天。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • I probably should have slowed down a little bit, paced myself.
   • I was intrigued by how one moved one's body to protect oneself, how one used a strategy both to attack and retreat, how one paced oneself over a match,’ he said.
   • So I paced myself, broke the job down into tasks, took a break between each of them, and was sitting outside the kitchen door enjoying the sun as they pulled up at the end of the drive.
   • Glenn, who lives in Speedwell Close, Haydon Wick, took part in a half marathon last month which taught him some valuable lessons about pacing himself.
   • She paces herself, keeps the reader in suspense.
   • Still, remember to pace yourself to avoid fatigue.
   • They are better at pacing themselves and tend to knuckle down to the homework throughout the course.
   • I know you're supposed to start slow and work up so I am trying to pace myself.
   • As for the heart rate monitor, I generally use it to pace myself.
   • There's no one particular stage that frightens me, it's just that whole block of mountain stages in the Pyrenees - it's really going to be a case of pacing yourself because it's so tough.
4. 1.4with object Move or develop (something) at a particular rate or speed.
   为…定速度；为…调整速度
   the action is paced to the beat of a perky march

   按照轻快进行曲的节奏行动。

   as adjective in combination our fast-paced daily lives

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Suddenly the sound vibrations began to get closer and were paced like walking.
   • It's fast, it's beautifully paced, and it's incredibly moving.
   • And a well prepared formal speech, each part paced out carefully in advance, is a very different thing to the spontaneities of ordinary speech.
   • For a man who makes a career out of speed, Neil Hodgson slips effortlessly into the slow paced life of the Isle of Man.
   • This thing was the fastest moving, highest paced thing I had ever done.
   • On home ground, Janácek's Taras Bulba is finely paced, a perfect example of how Czech music should be performed.
   • What's more, because they're fast paced and relatively short, the races themselves are exciting to watch.
   • We mainly use a short-rest, aerobic approach to develop pacing skills.
   • Allowed to spend all the money he ever wanted, he delivers a film that is tightly paced, and with a story that functions well within its defined universe.
   • The story is well paced as it moves towards the renewed friendship between the two women.
   • It is a rapturous transcription of an evening in one woman's life, paced out almost in real time and mostly wordless.
   • His readings of the apposite quotations with which he argued his case were beautifully paced, theatrically rendered and always designed to move the listener as a true orator can.
   • His leisurely paced Mozart allowed for all the notes to be heard and was well spatialized.
   • New pacing technologies have been developed to treat heart failure, with promising results
   • The six songs and six instrumentals of Angels Come on Time are well paced and carefully produced by the band themselves.
   • I fear that both the first and second movements (marked accordingly) are paced a shade too slowly.
   • Last month retail sales grew at their slowest pace this year as the impact of higher interest rates began to bite, according to the British Retail Consortium.
   • Love Letters is a languidly paced drama that has moving moments and fine performances, and is well made.
   • She could not put in account of her own defense against what may happen when she reach downstairs, but her heart settled at the right beat just to pace her actions in a normal way.
   • Reform has to be carefully paced so that society can absorb the changes and proceed forward with unity.
5. 1.5 (of a horse) move in a distinctive lateral gait in which both legs on the same side are lifted together, seen mostly in specially bred or trained horses.
   （马）走侧对步（主见于专门饲养或训练的马）
   Example sentencesExamples

   • Harness racing, pacing and trotting, are raced by standard-bred horses as opposed to thoroughbreds, who do the galloping.
   • Luckily he had the use of the Royal Pacers; soldiers trained to pace precisely the same distance in each stride.
   • He wasn't galloping yet, he was pacing, the gait in between a canter and a gallop, though not many horses can.
   • Altair shouted as he was thrown to the ground with a heavy thud, his horse pacing anxiously beside him.

With due respect to (someone or their opinion), used to express polite disagreement or contradiction.

故事形式的历史，请一些理论家容许我有不同意见，远没有消亡。