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及物动词发射; 发动; [计算机]开始（应用程序）; 开展（活动、计划等）

不及物动词投入; 着手进行; 热衷于…

名词投掷; 大船上的小艇; 大型敞篷摩托艇

1. 发射（火箭、导弹或卫星）
To launch a rocket, missile, or satellite means to send it into the air or into space.

e.g. NASA plans to launch a satellite to study cosmic rays...
美国国家航空航天局计划发射一颗卫星上天，对宇宙射线进行研究。
e.g. A Delta II rocket was launched from Cape Canaveral early this morning.
今天一早，一枚“德尔塔”Ⅱ型火箭在卡纳维拉尔角发射升空。

2. 使（船）下水；使（新船）首次下水
To launch a ship or a boat means to put it into water, often for the first time after it has been built.

e.g. There was no time to launch the lifeboats because the ferry capsized with such alarming speed.
渡轮瞬间倾覆，根本没时间放救生艇下水。

3. 开展（重大活动）；发起，发动（军事袭击等）
To launch a large and important activity, for example a military attack, means to start it.

e.g. Heavy fighting has been going on after the guerrillas had launched their offensive...
游击队发起攻击后，激烈的战斗一直持续不断。
e.g. The police have launched an investigation into the incident...
警方已对该事件展开调查。

4. 推出，发布（新产品）
If a company launches a new product, it makes it available to the public.

e.g. Crabtree Evelyn has just launched a new jam, Worcesterberry Preserve...
瑰珀翠刚推出一款新果酱——伍斯特浆果果酱。
e.g. Marks Spencer recently hired model Linda Evangelista to launch its new range.
玛莎百货最近聘请模特儿琳达·埃万杰利斯塔为其发布新系列产品。

5. （在江河、湖泊和港口载人的）大型汽艇
A launch is a large motorboat that is used for carrying people on rivers and lakes and in harbours.

e.g. The captain was on the deck of the launch, steadying the boat for the pilot...
船长站在汽艇甲板上为领航员保向。
e.g. We'll make a trip by launch to White Island.
我们将乘汽艇到怀特岛。

相关词组：launch into

名词监督者，管理者; 镇长

1. (尤指工人或学生的)管理者，监督者，指导者
A supervisor is a person who supervises activities or people, especially workers or students.

e.g. ...a full-time job as a supervisor at a factory...
在一家工厂担任主管的全职工作
e.g. Each student has a supervisor to advise on the writing of the dissertation.
每个学生都有导师指导他们写论文。

名词会场; 犯罪地点，案发地点; （尤指）体育比赛场所; 审判地

1. （事件或活动的）发生地,举办地点;场地
The venue for an event or activity is the place where it will happen.

e.g. Birmingham's International Convention Centre is the venue for a three-day arts festival...
为期3天的艺术节在伯明翰的国际会议中心举办。
e.g. Peace talks failed to take place because of a dispute over the venue.
由于在谈判地点上存在分歧，和平谈判未能举行。

negotiating的近义词