tempo
n
(pl ~s or, in music, 音樂術語復數作 tempi )
1 speed or rhythm of a piece of music 樂曲的速度或拍子
Your tempo is too slow. 你演奏的速度太慢了.
in waltz tempo 以華爾茲的拍子.
2 (fig 比喻) pace of any movement or activity (運動或活動的)速度, 進度
the exhausting tempo of city life 令人精疲力竭的城市生活節奏
upset the even tempo of one's existence 打亂生活規律.
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.