set the pace

a) SPEEDif a company sets the pace, it does something before its competitors or to a better standard 领先，起带头作用

set the pace in

Japanese firms have been setting the pace in electronic engineering.

日本公司在电子工程方面一直处于领先地位。

b) DSO (also set a brisk/cracking etc pace British EnglishBrE) to go faster than the other competitors in a race, who then try to achieve the same speed 〔在比赛开始时〕领先，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。

Examples from the Corpus

pace in• Britain set the pace in the first half of the nineteenth century.• They've got stronger since then and have set the pace in the championship race this season.• The two sides are among a group of clubs setting the pace in the Bord Gais National League with four points apiece.

→ set the pace at pace1(4)

词汇	set the pace
释义	set the pace set the pace a) SPEEDif a company sets the pace, it does something before its competitors or to a better standard 领先，起带头作用 set the pace in Japanese firms have been setting the pace in electronic engineering. 日本公司在电子工程方面一直处于领先地位。 b) DSO (also set a brisk/cracking etc pace British EnglishBrE) to go faster than the other competitors in a race, who then try to achieve the same speed 〔在比赛开始时〕领先，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。 Examples from the Corpus pace in• Britain set the pace in the first half of the nineteenth century.• They've got stronger since then and have set the pace in the championship race this season.• The two sides are among a group of clubs setting the pace in the Bord Gais National League with four points apiece. → set the pace at pace1(4)
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