| 单词 | apace |
| 释义 | apace (once / 2789 pages) adv When something happens apace, it happens quickly. You could say that despite the rain, your house painting project is still continuing apace. You're most likely to see the adverb apace describing some kind of work, and it's usually paired up with the verb continue. A harried theater director might insist that progress on the new play continues apace, or you might notice that your next door neighbor's chicken coop construction is continuing apace, progressing rapidly. The literal meaning of the 14th century phrase a pace was "at a pace," or "at a good pace." WORD FAMILYapace USAGE EXAMPLESWhen the observatory’s research was redirected towards photographing the heavens rather than observing them merely by eye, the duties of the “computers” expanded apace. Economist(Dec 20, 2016) The march of idiots, billionaires, oil men and extremists into the Trump cabinet continued apace this week. Salon(Dec 19, 2016) Meanwhile, climate change continues apace, indeed, at an ever-faster pace. The New Yorker(Dec 15, 2016) adv with rapid movements Syn|Ant chop-chop, quickly, rapidly, speedily easy, slow, slowly, tardily without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly') |
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