foundered
英 [ˈfaʊndəd]
美 [ˈfaʊndərd]
v. 失败; 破产; 沉没
founder的过去分词和过去式
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 创办人;创立者;奠基者
Thefounderof an institution, organization, or building is the person who got it started or caused it to be built, often by providing the necessary money.- He was one of the founders of the university's medical faculty.
他是该大学医学院的创建人之一。
- He was one of the founders of the university's medical faculty.
- VERB 失败;崩溃;垮掉
If something such as a plan or projectfounders, it fails because of a particular point, difficulty, or problem.- The talks have foundered, largely because of the reluctance of some members of the government to do a deal with criminals.
对话已经破裂了，原因主要是因为一些政府成员不愿意和犯罪分子达成协议。
- The talks have foundered, largely because of the reluctance of some members of the government to do a deal with criminals.
- VERB (船只)沉没
If a shipfounders, it fills with water and sinks.- Three ships foundered in heavy seas.
三艘船在波涛汹涌的海面上沉没了。
- Three ships foundered in heavy seas.
双语例句
- From an economic standpoint, international efforts until now have foundered on a fundamental free rider problem.
从经济的角度来看，国际努力到现在为止已经失败在基本的搭便车问题上。 - Its fragile efforts to revive foundered when payment disputes with suppliers halted production and its CEO abruptly resigned.
萨博和供应商发生付款纠纷之后，汽车被迫停产，加之首席执行官突然辞职，使得其图谋复兴的努力付诸东流。 - Parallels between the Titanic and the banks and companies that foundered in the financial and economic crisis are numerous.
泰坦尼克号（titanic）与金融和经济危机中垮掉的银行及公司存在许多相似之处。 - Inadequate capital certainly explained why many, if not all, financial institutions foundered in 2007 and 2008.
资本金不足的确解释了为什么许多（即便不是全部）金融机构在2007年和2008年纷纷倒闭。 - I heard since my return that his ship foundered and none escaped, but one cabin-boy.
我这次归来后才听说他的船沉没了，除了一位船舱招待员脱险以外，船上人员无一幸免。 - But without well-grounded goals, some high-profile early projects have foundered.
但是由于没有脚踏实地的目标，很多早期宣传得颇为高调的项目最后都以失败而告终。 - The ferry foundered in a heavy storm, taking many of the passengers and crew with it.
在一次大暴风雨中，渡船沉没，淹死了许多乘客和船员。 - The council's plans for new community services have foundered because of budget cuts.
因为削减预算，市政会的新社区服务计划泡汤了。 - Chinese businesses are also conscious that repeated attempts to establish special economic zones in North Korea since 1991 have foundered because of a lack of policy support in China and North Korea.
中国企业还意识到，由于在中国和朝鲜缺乏政策支持，1991年以来在朝鲜建立特别经济区的多次尝试已经失败。 - Fortunately the ship has not actually sunk, but has foundered on some rocks.
幸运的是他们的船并未真地沉没，而是撞毁在几块礁石上。