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sor.tieHsC:7ti, $5sC:r7tin [C]a brief attack by a military force, such as a small group of soldiers or an aircraft, made against an enemy position军事突袭，出击A series of sorties was carried out at night by specially equipped aircraft.特别装备的战斗机在夜晚进行了好几次突袭。(fig. infml or humorous) From our quiet home in the country we would go into town on a sortie (= a brief journey to an unfriendly place) for shopping once a week.我们在乡村有个安静的家，每周我们进城作一次短程旅行，到那烦人的地方去购物。(fig. infml) After several sorties into (= attempts to be successful in) word processing, the company changed to writing games software.这家公司原打算在字处理软件上有所成就，在进行了几次尝试后，改变了目标，决定编制游戏软件。
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