PTE备考词汇：cadence

cadence

UK:  ['keɪd(ə)ns]

US:  ['keɪd(ə)ns]

复数：cadences  

n.

1.调子;节奏

2.节奏,拍子;(行军时的)步度

3.抑扬顿挫的声调

4.频率

5.音律;调子

6.声音的抑扬

7.【电学】步调信号

8.【音乐】乐章的结尾

v.

1.使成节奏

1 . Each diagonal pair of legs is raised and returned to the ground alternately , with cadence and a prolonged suspension.
斜对角肢轮流抬高和落地，有弹力且腾空时间较长。

2 . The same can be said for the word "like, " when used in a grammatically superfluous way or to add cadence to a sentence.
同样情况发生在“like”（好像）这个词，这里是指当它在语法上多余，或者是为了给句子增加韵律感的用法。

3 . It's like having your personal coach riding with you and telling when to speed up, slow down, up-or-down shift to maintain your cadence.
这就像你的私人教练骑马并告诉你何时加速，减慢，增长或下降的转变，保持你的节奏。

4 . But the letters tone and cadence, its emotion and simplicity might have been my own.
但他写信的基调、节奏、感情与简洁与我如出一辙。

5 . Around the would people make music that, if you listen carefully to it, sounds a little like the cadence of their language.
在那周围会人作音乐，如果你小心地听到它，稍微像他们的语言韵律听。