launches

1. vt. 使…下水 set (a ship, especially one newly built) afloat
2. vt. 发动;发出;发射 set in motion; send; aim

1. [U]发射;(船)下水;(新产品)投产 process of putting into motion a ship, spacecraft or new product

• launch auspiciously吉利地开始
• launch ceremoniously隆重地出航
• launch formally形式上地开办
• launch politically政治上地发动
• launch successfully成功地发射
• launch forth出航,出海
• launch off开始,产生,挥霍,大讲
• launch out下水,开始

• launch against殴打某人
• launch at威胁某人
• launch for向…出航
• launch from从…驶下水
• launch into发射到
• launch on向…猛击
• launch with以(…方式)推出

launch vehicle运载火箭

product launch产品发布

launch pad n. 发射台

launch site发射场；发射区；活力地带（MSN的功能区之一）

launch date下水日期；发行日期；上市日期

launch on开始；着手

launch into进入，投入

launch out出航；开始新的事情

quick launch快速启动

launch a satellite发射卫星

1. We were going to launch a counterattack.
   我们准备发起反攻。
2. The company researched the market demand and decided to launch their new product.
   这家公司调查了市场需求，决定推出新产品。
3. The people all over the country exulted in the success in launching a new satellite.
   全国人民为成功地发射了一颗新的人造卫星而欢欣鼓舞。
4. The oil tanker was launched last year.
   那艘油轮去年下水了。

1. The launch was delayed by a technical hitch .
   由于技术上出现临时故障而发射延期.
2. We have got good media coverage for the launch of the new model.
   传播媒介对我们的新型产品投放市场作了有利的报导。