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launch a sortie against [enemy]
launch a sortie against ... 表示“对……发动出击”，against 后接敌方或目标。
The defenders launched a sortie against the besiegers.
守军对围城者发动了一次出击。
出击；突围
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
出击；突围
a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position
The defenders launched a sortie against the besiegers.
守军对围城者发动了一次出击。
(被围军队的)出击；突围。
An attack made by troops from a besieged position; a sally.
被围困的部队从其位置突围的军事行动
a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position
单机出击；架次。
An operational flight carried out by a single military aircraft.
(军事)单架飞机的作战飞行(如在军事行动中)
(military) an operational flight by a single aircraft (as in a military operation)
The troops launched a sortie at dawn to break the enemy's siege.
部队在黎明时发起一次出击，以打破敌人的包围。
During the war, the defenders made several sorties to destroy the enemy's supply lines.
战争期间，守军进行了几次出击，以摧毁敌人的补给线。
The commander ordered a sortie to gather intelligence from the abandoned village.
指挥官下令进行一次出击，以从废弃村庄收集情报。
launch a sortie against ... 表示“对……发动出击”，against 后接敌方或目标。
The defenders launched a sortie against the besiegers.
守军对围城者发动了一次出击。
sortie 是可数名词，常用 a sortie from ... 表示“从某地发起的突围出击”。
The sortie from the fortress caught the enemy off guard.
从堡垒发起的突围让敌人措手不及。
Not this
The troops made sortie at dawn.
Use this
The troops made a sortie at dawn.
sortie 是可数名词，单数形式前必须有冠词或限定词；汉语“出击”没有冠词概念，直译时容易漏掉 a。make a sortie 是常见搭配，省略冠词不符合英语名词短语结构。
Not this
The soldiers carried out several sortie during the battle.
Use this
The soldiers carried out several sorties during the battle.
sortie 的复数是规则变化 sorties。several 后须接可数名词复数，不能保留单数形；汉语名词没有复数后缀，学习者易受母语影响漏加 -s，因此要改为 sorties。
Not this
The troops made a sortie to the enemy.
Use this
The troops made a sortie against the enemy.
表示“向……出击”时，sortie 与介词 against 搭配，意为对抗某个目标；to 只表示方向或到达，不能表达军事对抗关系，所以要把 to 换成 against。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
发动出击
The troops launched a sortie at dawn.
部队在黎明时发动了一次出击。
执行出击任务
The squadron carried out a sortie against the enemy base.
该中队对敌方基地执行了一次出击任务。
驾机出击
Each pilot flew three sorties during the campaign.
战役期间每位飞行员驾机出击三次。
轰炸出击
The bomber completed its final bombing sortie before returning to base.
轰炸机完成了最后一次轰炸出击后返回基地。
侦察出击
The reconnaissance sortie provided valuable intelligence.
侦察出击提供了宝贵的情报。
出去一趟，短途出行（也指军事突击）
I need to make a sortie to the store for milk.
我得出去一趟去商店买牛奶。
初次涉足，尝试进入（新领域）
This project is her first sortie into environmental law.
这个项目是她首次涉足环境法领域。
发动突击，发起进攻
The besieged army launched a sortie at dawn.
被围困的军队在黎明时发动了一次突围。
Use sortie naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把它拆成 sort + ie：被围时先“整理”（sort）队伍，再冲出包围圈——一次出击/突围。
语域：formal 常见场景：military reports、historical accounts of sieges、war correspondence sortie 在表示“出击、突围”时通常用于军事或历史叙述等正式场合，多出现在战报、战史或新闻报道中；日常口语中较少使用。
这些词都与 sortie /ˈsɔrti/ 押韵，重读音节后都是 /ɔrti/：forty、sporty、shorty。注意拼写相似的 sort /sɔrt/ 并不押韵，因为缺少末尾的 /i/。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.