record-holder

基本解释

Although Joyon was sailing a much faster boat than the previous record-holder, most saw little chance of him getting even close to 80 days.
尽管茹瓦永驾驶的帆船比前世界记录保持者的快的多，但是大多数人都认为他不太可能在近80天内完成航海。茹瓦永则不这么认为。
Previous record-holder was "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," which grossed $44.2 million when opening on a Wednesday in July 2007.
之前的记录保持者则是《哈利波特和凤凰社》，它的首日票房收入大约为4420万美元。
And Japan's Junya Koga came though fast at the end to take the men's 100m backstroke title in 52.26, ahead of Germany's Helge Meeuw and former world record-holder Aschwin Wildeboer of Spain.
日本选手北岛康介在男子100米仰泳的比赛中后来居上，以52秒26的成绩击败德国选手赫尔格.梅努和前世界纪录保持者西班牙选手阿希文.威德博尔获得冠军。

The current record-holder for current, as it were, is SuperPower, a firm based in Schenectady, New York.
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That makes its failure nearly three times larger than Japan's previous record-holder.
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The record holder in a particular sport or activity is the person or team that holds the record for doing it fastest or best.