They decided to launch a pre-emptive strike.

他们决定发动先发制人的攻击。

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Lockheed Martin will design and develop the instrument at its Palo Alto facility. The contractor also will provide pre-launch, launch and post-launch support.

洛·马公司将在位于Palo Alto的工厂内进行设计和开发工作，同时还将提供发射前和发射后支持。

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Compare the actual performance of the product or service to pre-launch projections.

比较下产品或服务的实际表现与发布之前的最初的设计情况。

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But Israel has warned time and again that if diplomacy fails, it might launch a pre-emptive strike on Iran's nuclear facilities.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

and Israel has threatened to launch a pre-emptive strike to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

Endeavour's last scheduled night launch went smoothly in the pre-dawn hours Monday.

VOA: standard.2010.02.08

Another possible Pre launch date is precisely the last thing the world needs, but that's what we're getting, so check it: a Boy Genius Report-leaked slide of some sort seems to indicate that Sprint employees will be participating in a Pre "launch lunch" Friday, June 5 at noon, which raises a few interesting possibilities.

ENGADGET: Sprint holding Pre "launch lunch" on June 5? Mobile

It wasn't long after the Challenger explosion that word of a pre-launch argument leaked out.

NPR: Challenger: Reporting a Disaster's Cold, Hard Facts

Oprah, who had been slipped a pre-launch Kindle, announced that she was obsessed with it.

NEWYORKER: A New Page