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| 1 | I/T to walk with regular steps around a small area , because you are worried , nervous , or impatient （因担忧、紧张或不耐烦而）踱步，踱步于 |
| pace up and down He paced up and down between the kitchen and the living-room. 他在厨房和起居室之间踱来踱去。 |
| +about/around She was pacing restlessly around the room as she talked. 她正一边说话一边焦躁不安地在屋子里踱来踱去。 |
| pace the room/floor I paced the room, my anxiety increasing. 我在屋子里踱来踱去，越来越焦急。 |
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| 2 | T to establish a speed for another runner in a race （在赛跑中）为…定速度 |
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| 3 | T usually passive to make the story in a book , film etc develop in a particular way 为（书、电影等中的故事）设定节奏 |
| His films were always paced so as to create maximum suspense. 他的电影一般都安排得很紧凑,以制造最大的悬念。 |
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| - | pace yourself
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| to avoid doing something too quickly or doing too much at one time , so that you have enough energy left to complete an activity |
| 别太急；慢慢来；悠着点 |
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| The exams last for several weeks, so pace yourself when you revise. 考试要持续好几周，因此复习时别太急。 |
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| PHRASAL VERBS |
| - | ˌpace ˈout or ˌpace ˈoff |
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| | to measure a distance by counting the number of steps that you need to walk from one end of something to the other 用步子测量；步测 | I had already paced out the dimensions of my new home. 我早就步测出我新家的大小了。 | |
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