launch
verb
noun
lɔːntʃ
verb
1
START STH
开始做某事
to
start
something,
usually
something
big
or
important
发动，发起，开始进行
The
organization
has
launched
a
campaign
to
raise
$150,000.
为了筹集 15 万美元，该组织发起了一场募捐活动。
The
Canadian
police
plan
to
launch
an
investigation
into
the
deal.
加拿大警方计划对这宗交易展开调查。
launch
an
attack/assault/offensive
The
press
launched
a
vicious
attack
on
the
President.
新闻界对总统进行恶毒的攻击。
The
book
launched
his
career
as
a
novelist.
这本书开始了他的小说创作生涯。
2
PRODUCT
产品
to
make
a
new
product,
book
etc
available
for
sale
for
the
first
time
把〔新产品、新书等〕投放市场，出版，发行
The
company
hopes
to
launch
the
new
drug
by
next
October.
公司希望于明年十月前推出这种新药。
3
BOAT
船
to
put
a
boat
or
ship
into
the
water
使〔船或舰〕下水
4
SKY/SPACE
天空/太空
to
send
a
weapon
or
spacecraft
into
the
sky
or
into
space
发射〔武器或宇宙飞船〕
A
test
satellite
was
launched
from
Cape
Canaveral.
一颗实验人造卫星从卡纳维拉尔角发射升空。
5
COMPUTER
计算机
to
make
a
computer
program
start
启动〔计算机程序〕;
Double-click
on
an
icon
to
launch
an
application.
双击图标启动一个应用程序。
6
launch yourself forwards/up/from etc
to
jump
up
and
forwards
into
the
air
with
a
lot
of
energy
向前猛扑/向上跃起/从…猛扑过去等
7
to
suddenly
start
a
description
or
story,
or
suddenly
start
criticizing
something
突然开始〔描述、叙述〕; 突然发起〔抨击〕
Nelson
launched
into
a
blistering
criticism
of
greedy
lawyers.
纳尔逊对贪心不足的律师发起了猛烈的抨击。
8
to
suddenly
start
doing
something
〔突然〕投入，开始干
Don’t
just
launch
into
exercise
without
warming
up
first.
没有热身不要立即开始做运动。
9
to
start
something
new,
especially
something
that
involves
risk
开始，着手〔新事情，尤指有风险的事〕
noun
10
when
a
new
product,
book
etc
is
made
available
or
made
known
〔新产品的〕投放市场，〔新书的〕发行
[+
of
]
the
launch
of
a
new
women’s
magazine
一本新女性杂志的发行
a
new
product
launch
新产品的推出
11
a
large
boat
with
a
motor
〔大的〕游艇，汽艇
12
when
a
weapon
or
spacecraft
is
sent
into
the
sky
or
into
space
〔武器或宇宙飞船的〕发射