She set out to break the world record.

她一心努力要打破世界纪录。

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He tried to break the world record but failed.

他试图要打破世界纪录，但失败了。

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Her attempt to break the world record nearly came off.

她想要打破世界纪录，已接近成功。

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At one point the 34-year-old looked set to break the world record, but narrowly missed out by 21 seconds.

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An attempt to break the world record for the most sandcastles built in an hour is being made on a Dorset beach.

BBC: Bournemouth beach

The twins had thought the vegetable was likely to be bigger than it actually turned out to be and had hoped to break the world record.

BBC: Ian and Stuart Paton with pumpkin