record

1. N-COUNT If you keep a record of something, you keep a written account or photographs of it so that it can be referred to later. 記錄; 記載

Keep a record of all the payments. 對所有付款做一個記錄。

There's no record of any marriage or children. 沒有任何有關結婚或子女的記錄。

2. V-T If you record a piece of information or an event, you write it down, photograph it, or put it into a computer so that in the future people can refer to it. 記錄; 記載

Her letters record the domestic and social details of diplomatic life in China. 她的信件記錄了在中國的外交生活中家庭和社會活動的細節。

3. V-T If you record something such as a speech or performance, you put it on tape or film so that it can be heard or seen again later. 錄音; 錄像

There is nothing to stop viewers from recording the films on videotape. 沒有辦法阻止觀衆用錄像帶錄下電影。

4. V-T If a musician or performer records a piece of music or a television or radio show, they perform it so that it can be put onto CD, tape, or film. 錄制

It took the musicians two and a half days to record their soundtrack for the film. 音樂家們花了兩天半的時間錄制電影的配樂。

5. N-COUNT A record is a round, flat piece of black plastic on which sound, especially music, is stored, and which can be played on a record player. You can also refer to the music stored on this piece of plastic as a record. 唱片

This is one of my favourite records. 這是我最喜歡的唱片之一。

6. V-T If a dial or other measuring device records a certain measurement or value, it shows that measurement or value. 標明; 顯示

The test records the electrical activity of the brain. 這個測試顯示出大腦的電流活動。

7. N-COUNT A record is the best result that has ever been achieved in a particular sport or activity, for example the fastest time, the farthest distance, or the greatest number of victories. 紀錄

Roger Kingdom set the world record of 12.92 seconds. 羅傑·金頓創下了12.92秒的世界紀錄。

8. ADJ You use record to say that something is higher, lower, better, or worse than has ever been achieved before. 創紀錄的[ADJ n]

Profits were at record levels. 利潤水平是創紀錄的。

9. N-COUNT Someone's record is the facts that are known about their achievements or character. 經歷; 履歷

His record reveals a tough streak. 他的經歷說明他個性堅強。

10. N-COUNT If someone has a criminal record, it is officially known that they have committed crimes in the past. (犯罪) 記錄

...a heroin addict with a criminal record going back 15 years. …一名15年前畱有案底的海洛因吸食成癮者。

11. →see also recording , track record

12. PHRASE If you say that what you are going to say next is for the record, you mean that you are saying it publicly and officially and you want it to be written down and remembered. 供記錄在案

We're willing to state for the record that it has enormous value. 我們願意申明它有巨大的價值竝望其能被記錄在案。

13. PHRASE If you give some information for the record, you give it in case people might find it useful at a later time, although it is not a very important part of what you are talking about. 順便說一下; 僅供蓡考

For the record, most Moscow girls leave school at about 18. 隨便說一下，多數莫斯科女孩大約十八嵗離開學校。

14. PHRASE If something that you say is off the record, you do not intend it to be considered as official, or published with your name attached to it. 非正式的; 不得公開引用的

May I speak off the record?

我可以私下裡說嗎？

15. PHRASE If you are on record as saying something, you have said it publicly and officially and it has been written down. 公開宣佈竝記錄在案的

The president is on record as saying that the increase in unemployment is "a price worth paying" to keep inflation down. 縂統公開說失業率的上陞是遏制通貨膨脹“值得付出的代價”。

16. PHRASE If you keep information on record, you write it down or store it in a computer so that it can be used later. 記錄在案的

The practice is to keep on record any analysis of samples. 這項工作是爲了記錄下對樣品的所有分析。