or record-setting rainfall, or the longest drought on record.或創(chuàng)紀(jì)錄的降水，亦或極端的旱災(zāi)

on record正式記錄的, 公開發(fā)表的

He ran the fastest race on record.

他跑出了記錄在案的最好水平。

It is on record that the summer was the wettest for50 years.

記錄說今夏是50年來雨量最多的季節(jié)。

and adding a few more to the dice.好像給骰子多加了幾個六的面

a few有些； 幾個.

She read me a few extracts from her own new novel.

她把她自己的新小說念了幾段給我聽。

Only a few of my friends were informed about it.

這件事只有我的幾個朋友知道

So now our chances of a record-breaking heatwave are twice what they used to be.因此我們遇上破紀(jì)錄酷暑的概率是以往的兩倍

used to be過去是

The place used to be a stretch of barren land.

早先這里是一片不毛之地。

This country used to be a British colony in Asia.

這個國家曾是英國在亞洲的殖民地。