短语 | set the pace |
释义 | set the pacea. if a company sets the pace, it does something before its competitors or to a better standard领先,起带头作用:[+ in ]•Japanese firms have been setting the pace in electronic engineering.日本公司一直在电子工程方面处于领先地位。b. also set a brisk / cracking etc pace BrEto go faster than the other competitors in a race, who then try to achieve the same speed〔在比赛开始时〕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。 set the pace be the fastest runner in the early part of a race 开跑后不久领先。 ■ lead the way in doing or achieving something 领先, 走在前列; 树立榜样: space movies have set the pace for the development of special effects. 太空影片给特技效果的发展树立了榜样。 set the ˈpace1to do sth at a particular speed or to a particular standard so that other people are then forced to copy it if they want to be successful确定速度;确立标准;领先The company is no longer setting the pace in the home computer market.这家公司再也不能在国内计算机市场上独领风骚了。2(in a race跑步比赛)to run faster than the other people taking part, at a speed that they then try to copy领跑 |
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