beat a record

A man who runs three-mile races will cease to find pleasure in this occupation when he passes the age at which he can beat his own previous record.

一个从事3英里长跑的运动员到了不能再打破自己纪录的年龄以后，就不会再从这个职业中获得乐趣。

He is aiming to beat the record by two or three weeks, claiming that a narrower margin would be " ungentlemanly " .

他希望通过两到三个星期来破记录，扬言更小的差距会显得不够“绅士”。

There was a considerable possibility that one of them would beat Bannister to the coveted record.

他们都有可能夺走班尼斯特梦寐以求的纪录.

The flat's price beat the record of39,800 dollars per square foot set last November for a larger apartment on Hong Kong island, according to the report.

该报道称，“凯旋门”这套公寓的单价打破了去年11月某套公寓每平方英尺售价39800美元的记录，之前的这套公寓面积稍大，地处香港岛。