tempo
n
(pl ~s or, in music, 音乐术语复数作 tempi )
1 speed or rhythm of a piece of music 乐曲的速度或拍子
Your tempo is too slow. 你演奏的速度太慢了.
in waltz tempo 以华尔兹的拍子.
2 (fig 比喻) pace of any movement or activity (运动或活动的)速度, 进度
the exhausting tempo of city life 令人精疲力竭的城市生活节奏
upset the even tempo of one's existence 打乱生活规律.
Do you remember one afternoon ten years ago when I came to your house and borrowed a necklace of yours? Pierre, my husband, was working in a government office. We'd been invited to a ball at the palace so I needed to borrow some jewellery.