set a record

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishset a recordset a recordBESTto achieve the best result in a sport, competition etc that has ever been achieved, by running fastest, jumping highest etc The Kenyan runner set a new Olympic Record in the 3,000 metres. → setExamples from the Corpusset a record• I am absolutely sure that my friend Jimmy Wall and I failed in our attempt to set a record.• Average daily share volume set a record at 346 million shares a day, according to preliminary data from the exchange.• The 35 players who beat par in the first round set a record, beating the 33 who did it in 1991.• Excavated in 1,239 days, the 26,800-foot Elizabeth Tunnel set a record for hard-rock tunneling.• Meanwhile, Lakeside was setting records for the number of youths fishing there.• Walsh set a pentathlon record in 1953.• He won more than 1,000 cups and prizes as an amateur, setting records ranging from 1,000 yards to 12 miles.• The motion on the Local Government Finance Bill - which set a record - was also introduced before debate had begun.• A design for a tapestry by Rubens set a record when it sold for £748,000.• The Bulls set a team record with its 15th successive victory.

单词	set a record
释义	set a record From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishset a recordset a recordBESTto achieve the best result in a sport, competition etc that has ever been achieved, by running fastest, jumping highest etc The Kenyan runner set a new Olympic Record in the 3,000 metres. → setExamples from the Corpusset a record• I am absolutely sure that my friend Jimmy Wall and I failed in our attempt to set a record.• Average daily share volume set a record at 346 million shares a day, according to preliminary data from the exchange.• The 35 players who beat par in the first round set a record, beating the 33 who did it in 1991.• Excavated in 1,239 days, the 26,800-foot Elizabeth Tunnel set a record for hard-rock tunneling.• Meanwhile, Lakeside was setting records for the number of youths fishing there.• Walsh set a pentathlon record in 1953.• He won more than 1,000 cups and prizes as an amateur, setting records ranging from 1,000 yards to 12 miles.• The motion on the Local Government Finance Bill - which set a record - was also introduced before debate had begun.• A design for a tapestry by Rubens set a record when it sold for £748,000.• The Bulls set a team record with its 15th successive victory.
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