与时俱进看“速度”
rate; pace; speed
1. You are thinking much too fast for me; I can’t keep ______ with you.
2. The train was going at a ______ of 80 kph.
3. Australia’s unemployment ______ rose to 6.5% in February.
4. Here in Bermuda, the ______ of life is very slow.
5. The room ______ at this motel range from $30 to $50 per day.
6. The company produces the first-______ sportscar.
Key: 1. pace 2. speed / rate 3. rate 4. pace 5. rates 6. rate
解析:
speed 多指持续运动时的速度(多是用时间除距离求得),尤指车辆、机械等的运动速度(如2)。
rate 除可表示速度外(如2),还可表示成本、价格(如5);或“……的比率”(如3);有时表示等级类别(如6)。
pace 多指“人或马匹的步速,(跑步的)速度;(事情发生的)节奏”(如4);也可用于比喻中(如1)。
各有“看”点
look into; look on; look at