1. 【音】节奏，拍子
2. 进行速度，进度
3. （下棋的）一着，一步
4. 日本的一种圆形铜币

1. [C]乐曲的速度或拍子 speed at which music is played
2. [C]（运动或活动的）速度，进度 pace of any movement or activity

1. (music) the speed at which a composition is to be played

2. the rate of some repeating event

1.(事情发展的)节奏，速度
Thetempo of an event is the speed at which it happens.

e.g. ...owing to the slowtempo of change in an overwhelmingly rural country...
由于以农业占绝对主导地位的国家变革速度缓慢
e.g. Both teams played with a lot of quality, pace andtempo.
两支球队的水平都很高，节奏和速度都很快。

2.(音乐的)速度，节奏，拍子
Thetempo of a piece of music is the speed at which it is played.

tempo的反义词

e.g. In a new recording, the Boston Philharmonic tried the originaltempo...
在新唱片中，波士顿爱乐乐团尝试了全新的节奏。
e.g. Elgar supplied his works with precise indications oftempo.
埃尔加给自己的作品标上了精确的节奏标记。

1. 速率：如果一出喜闹剧想一直逗我们大笑,我们顶多笑十分钟左右就没有力气与兴趣笑下去了. 所以,情节的发展应该起起伏伏,像交响乐一般富有速率(tempo)和节奏(rhythm)的变化,最后达到高潮,如图b,才会令人欣赏(假定全戏分为五幕或五场):