英 [ˈtempəʊ] 美 [ˈtempoʊ]
n. （运动或活动的）速度，节奏；（音乐的）节奏，拍子；（印度次大陆）轻型三轮货车
复数tempos或tempi
tempo /ˈtɛmpəʊ/ CET6 TEM8
单数型名词 The tempo of an event is the speed at which it happens. (事件发展的) 速度
...owing to the slow tempo of change in an overwhelmingly rural country.
…由于一个高度农业化国家变革的缓慢速度。
有变体名词 The tempo of a piece of music is the speed at which it is played. (音乐的) 节奏
In a new recording, the Boston Philharmonic tried the original tempo.
在一张新唱片中，波士顿爱乐乐团尝试了音乐原本的节奏。
音乐速度-引用次数：2
Tempo is a important factor which influences musical emotional expression, and thus it turned into a fundamental part in brain mechanism exploration.
音乐速度是影响音乐情感表达的重要因素,因此成为研究音乐认知及其脑机制的一个切入点。
参考来源音乐速度感知的脑电研究
速度；拍子
速度
语速-引用次数：5
When there is a change in tempo, Uyghur speakers tend to vary both the occurrences and duration of silent pauses, especially those of boundary pauses, to support that change.
当语速发生变化时,维吾尔族发音人会改变无声停顿,尤其是韵律边界无声停顿的出现频率和时长来配合语速的变化。
音速-引用次数：3
Daily communication is realized not only by means of verbal expressions, but by means of the individual or interactive influence of prosodic (suprasegmental) features such as pitch, loudness, tempo, and rhythm as well.
日常交流的实现不仅仅是文字的表达,同时也依托音高、音强、音速、节奏等韵律(超音段)成分的个别或相互作用。
参考来源从语言功能角度谈英语的韵律特征
(下棋的)一着；一步
天霸
速度
电动自行车不是摩托车，新的《交通安全法》规定，电动自行车车速为每小时20公里，这也是电动自行车的安全速度(Tempo)指标。现在有的消费者拆掉限速装置，超速行驶，这样会增加零件磨损，使刹车失灵，容易造成交通事故。
... clipper 快马 日即日产 tempo 天霸 alfetta 阿尔菲塔 意大利阿尔法.罗密欧 ...
...注做两件事：掌握更好挥杆节奏（Tempo）和挥杆频率（Rhythm）。 人们经常把二者混为一谈，其实它们是两码事。 挥杆节奏（Tempo）是人们在挥杆时的总体速度。比如，有些人挥杆时行动快速，打得很快，而有些人在挥杆时比较缓慢，看起来不慌不忙的。
福特的旧款车天宝（Tempo）和稳达（Wilstar）有自动递安全带的功能，但还是要坐车的自己扣，扣好后安全带架自己复位绷紧。
It's a difficult piece, with numerous changes of tempo.
这支曲子节奏变化多，难度很大。
In a new recording, the Boston Philharmonic tried the original tempo.
在一张新唱片中，波士顿爱乐乐团尝试了音乐原本的节奏。
He concluded that it was no higher salaries or better research facilities alone, but also the quicker tempo that lure them.
他得出的结论是，吸引他们的不仅仅是更高的工资或更好的研究设施，还有更快的节奏。
(UP-TEMPO ROCK THEME PLAYING) Wow.
VOA : standard.other
Having said that, let's assume that we do have the slower tempo here, one--Let me play a little bit at the piano.
说完这些,假设我们运用较慢的速度,一,我还是在钢琴上弹一下
聆听音乐课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
We could be going with a very fast tempo, three, one, two, three, one, two, three, one, two, three, and slow it down.
我们可以读的非常快,一二三,一二三,一二三,也能慢下来
聆听音乐课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
"The challenge is to keep up the tempo and to continue these policies that have been placed in terms of credit flows being increased to customers and interest rates being maintained at around the ten per cent level,".
VOA : standard.2009.03.13
So,this is kind of a mood album, it's the extreme of moods, you know,Achin,' sad slow, sultry Country ballads and then the Shakin' is all up-tempo, kind of crazy,fast, a little bit throw-back Country, a little bit throw-back old soul or Motown."
VOA : standard.2010.06.18
With the synth-heavy, up-tempo Permalight, Rogue Wave is back in business and powering ahead into sunnier days.
The biggest brewery in Israel is Tempo, based in the seaside town of Netanya.
He likes strong contrasts of dynamics and tempo, telling shifts of texture and mood.