Apace means quickly — something is moving or happening at a fast pace. Work can go apace; news can spread apace; change can continue apace.

Apace means quicklyApace的意思是很快地—— something is moving or happening at a fast pace某件事正在快速移動或發生。Work can go apace工作可以apace地進行； news can spread apace消息可以apace地傳開； change can continue apace改變可以apace地持續。

It is not how people talk in a shop or a classroom. You will meet it in books, headlines, and a few set phrases, where the writer wants a slightly old or grand sound.

It is not how people talk in a shop or a classroom這不是人們在店裡或教室裡講話的方式。You will meet it in books, headlines, and a few set phrases你會在書本、標題，還有一些固定用語裡遇到它， where the writer wants a slightly old or grand sound那些地方作者想要一種帶點老派或氣派的味道。

A student who says “I walked apace to school” would sound strange; we just say fast or quickly.

A student who says "I walked apace to school"一個說『I walked apace to school』的學生 would sound strange聽起來會很怪； we just say fast or quickly我們就只會說fast或quickly。

Though actually, the old French it comes from meant “at a pace,” which could be quick or slow; English kept the fast reading and left the slow one behind. Today the word almost always sits on progress — building, spreading, growing — not on a person running.

Though actually不過其實， the old French it comes from meant "at a pace,"它源自的古法文原意是『at a pace』， which could be quick or slow這可快可慢； English kept the fast reading英文只留下了快的那個意思， and left the slow one behind把慢的那個丟掉了。Today the word almost always sits on progress今天這個字幾乎都用在進展上—— building, spreading, growing建造、擴散、成長—— not on a person running而不是用在一個人跑步上。