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??在英语口语里说到打破记载,咱们常常会用到break the record。今日来讲讲它的多样表达。
1. set a record
They want to set a record by making Buffalo's largest cookie.
他们想打破巴甫洛最大的曲奇的纪录。
I checked the sales receipts, and we've just set a record.
我看过了运营额,咱们刚创下新纪录。
【小常识】
假定说set/put the record straight,就跟打破记载没多大联络了,它的意思是陈述底细;弄清对错。
She's decided to write her memoirs to set the record straight once and forall.
她抉择撰写回想录以完全弄清实际。
2. chalk up records
chalk sth up的意思是获(胜);得(分),比方:
New world records in the track and field events are chalked up from time totime in the past few years.
近几年来常常呈现新的世界田径纪录。
3. create/establish/make/register a new record
She established a new European record in the high jump.
她创造了欧洲跳高的新纪录。
4. beat/smash/shatter a previous record
beat、smash和shatter都有打、打破的意思,这几个词是不是比break更剧烈更生动呢?
She beat the world record in the three events she entered on her way to twogold medals and a silver.
她在
三项竞赛中打破了世界纪录,获得两枚金牌和一枚银牌。
The film shattered all previous box office records.
这部影片打破了以往一切的票房纪录。
5. surpass all previous records
surpass的意思是跨越,优于,胜过,比方:
His time for the 100 meters surpassed the previous world record by onehundredth of a second.他以0.01秒的优势打破了100米短跑的前世界纪录。
描述出人意料就可以用到这个词哦:
The book's success has surpassed everyone's expectations.
这本书获得了出乎一切人意料的成功。
口语里也有改写记载的表达,可以翻译为:amend/rewrite/renew/better/improve a record。
好啦,已然本篇要点就是record,介绍两个习语吧。
①off the record 私下说的;不供宣告的
She made it clear that her comments were strictly off the record.
她说得很理解,她的这些谈论绝不许对外发布。
②on the record 揭露宣告;揭露标明
None of the company directors were prepared to comment on the recordyesterday.
昨日,公司董事没有哪个预备揭露宣告定见。