beat the record

基本解釋

He is aiming to beat the record by two or three weeks, claiming that a narrower margin would be "ungentlemanly".
他希望通過(guò)兩到三個(gè)星期來(lái)破記錄，揚(yáng)言更小的差距會(huì)顯得不夠“紳士”。
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The flat's price beat the record of 39,800 dollars per square foot set last November for a larger apartment on Hong Kong island, according to the report.
該報(bào)道稱，“凱旋門”這套公寓的單價(jià)打破了去年11月某套公寓每平方英尺售價(jià)39800美元的記錄，之前的這套公寓面積稍大，地處香港島。
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With their relationship as strong as ever, the couple hope to beat the record for Britain's longest-ever marriage of 80 years, set by Percy and Florence Arrowsmith.
目前英國(guó)婚齡最長(zhǎng)的是結(jié)婚80年的珀西和弗羅倫斯·艾羅史密斯夫婦，可珀西·艾羅史密斯已于去年辭世。