launch

開始する、発売する

新しい活動を始めたり、新商品を世に出したりする。

やさしい英語で： Start a new activity or make a new product available to people.

• They launched a new website.
• The charity is launching a campaign to help families.
• When will you launch your business?

類義語： start, introduce, begin

反対語： end

よく使う表現： launch a product, launch a campaign, launch a business

打ち上げる

ロケットや気球、またはその積み荷を地上から空へ送り出す。

やさしい英語で： Send a rocket, balloon, or something it carries up from the ground into the air.

• They launched a rocket yesterday.
• The satellite was launched into space.
• Strong winds prevented us from launching the balloon.

使い方： launch something into something (They launched a satellite into orbit.)

類義語： send up

よく使う表現： launch a rocket, launch a satellite, launch a balloon

進水させる、水に浮かべる

船を浮かんで進めるように水に入れる。

やさしい英語で： Put a boat or ship into the water so it can float and move.

• We launched the boat at dawn.
• They launched their canoe from the beach.
• The new ship will be launched next week.

使い方： launch something into something (They launched the canoe into the river.)

類義語： set afloat

よく使う表現： launch a boat, launch a ship, launch a canoe, launch a vessel

投げる、放つ

物を力強く前方へ投げたり送り出したりする。

やさしい英語で： Throw or send something forward with force.

• He launched a stone across the river.
• She launched a dart at the target.
• The machine launches balls for the dog to catch.

使い方： launch something at someone/something (He launched a snowball at the wall.)

類義語： throw, hurl, fling

よく使う表現： launch a dart, launch a stone, launch at someone

発表会、発売記念イベント

新事業の開始や、新商品・本・船の登場を祝う催し。

やさしい英語で： An event celebrating the start of a project or the arrival of a new product, book, or ship.

• We went to her book launch.
• The product launch attracted hundreds of guests.
• Who is coming to the launch tonight?

類義語： launch party

よく使う表現： book launch, product launch, launch party