中式英語之鑑:刷新
375. 大賽在即，每個動力員都在努力訓練，以期刷新自己以前的紀錄。
[誤] The game is at hand and every athlete is training hard to improve their previous records.
[正] The game is at hand and every athlete is training hard to improve on their previous records.
注：improve 指“改善，提高”，如 improve one's language ability（提高某人的語言能力）。在英國人看來，以前的紀錄（previous records）是既成事實，不可能再加以改變（improve）了，所以應該在 improve 後面加上介詞 on，以表示創造新的、更高的紀錄。
