1、end up

(通常指意外地)最終到達

The result was that the engine ended up at the bottom of the canal.

結果引擎最終沉到了運河底。

She fled with her children, moving from neighbour to neighbour and ending up in a friend's cellar.

她帶著孩子逃亡，從一個鄰居家跑到另一個鄰居家，最后逃到了一個朋友的地下室。

最終；結果；到頭來

If you don't know what you want, you might end up getting something you don't want.

如果你不知道自己想要什么，到頭來你可能得非所愿。

Every time they went dancing they ended up in a bad mood.

每次他們?nèi)ヌ?，都會不歡而散。

2、launch

發(fā)射（火箭、導彈或衛(wèi)星）

NASA plans to launch a satellite to study cosmic rays.

美國國家航空航天局計劃發(fā)射一顆衛(wèi)星上天，對宇宙射線進行研究。

A Delta II rocket was launched from Cape Canaveral early this morning.

今天一早，一枚“德爾塔”Ⅱ型火箭在卡納維拉爾角發(fā)射升空。

開展（重大活動）；發(fā)起，發(fā)動（軍事襲擊等）

Heavy fighting has been going on after the guerrillas had launched their offensive.

游擊隊發(fā)起攻擊后，激烈的戰(zhàn)斗一直持續(xù)不斷。

The police have launched an investigation into the incident.

警方已對該事件展開調查。