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NASA is about to launch a fleet of satellites that will help researchers understand how deadly hurricanes develop.
美国宇航局即将发射一队卫星，这将有助于研究人员了解飓风是如何发展的。
The Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System is made up of eight small spacecraft that are able to take measurements through the rain of a storm's inner eye, which conventional satellites can't do.
气旋全球导航卫星系统由八个小型航天器组成，能够通过风暴内眼的降雨进行测量，这是常规卫星不能做到的。
The tiny satellites will collect data about the hurricane's core — like wind speeds, clouds and rain. Officials hope it will help them better understand how the inside of a storm works.
这些小型卫星将收集飓风核心的数据，如风速，云和雨。官员们希望这将有助于他们更好地了解风暴内部的运作方式。
What scientists know now is a storm's core acts as an engine: It takes energy from warm surface water evaporating into the atmosphere. And that energy is what keeps hurricanes and cyclones going.
现在科学家知道风暴的核心就像一个引擎在运作，温暖的地表水蒸发到大气中提供能量。那种能量保持飓风和气旋前行。
NASA plans to launch the satellites from Cape Canaveral Air Station in Florida on Dec. 12. Once released, the satellites will continuously monitor Earth's oceans around tropical latitudes.
美国宇航局计划12月12日从佛罗里达州卡纳维拉尔角空军基地发射卫星。一旦发射成功，这些卫星将持续监测热带纬度附近的地球海洋。
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词汇解析
1、conventional
（行为、观念等）传统的，符合习俗的
a respectable married woman with conventional opinions.
一位观念传统、受人尊敬的已婚女性
（方法或产品）通常的，传统的
It is simpler and quicker to use than conventional methods.
这比通常的做法更简单、更快捷。
These discs hold more than 400 times as much information as a conventional computer floppy disk.
这些光盘能容纳的信息量是普通计算机软盘的400多倍。
(武器、战争等)常规的，非核的
We must reduce the danger of war by controlling nuclear, chemical and conventional arms.
我们必须通过控制核武器、化学武器和常规武器的数量来减少战争的危险。
2、launch
发射（火箭、导弹或卫星）
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。
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。
开展（重大活动）；发起，发动（军事袭击等）
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。
The police have launched an investigation into the incident.
警方已对该事件展开调查。
推出，发布（新产品）
Crabtree and 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。
Marks and 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。
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