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.
  1. 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。
• 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.
  1. 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。
• VERB (船只)沉没
  If a shipfounders, it fills with water and sinks.
  1. Three ships foundered in heavy seas.
     三艘船在波涛汹涌的海面上沉没了。

双语例句

• Three ships foundered in heavy seas.
  三艘船在波涛汹涌的海面上沉没了。
• The plan foundered in its early stages.
  这项计划在早期阶段就失败了。
• Presidents in the past have foundered on the peace process issue-so it's too dangerous.
  有许多人说不要这样做，他们说，过去有许多总统都在中东和平进程上失败了，因此这是一个非常危险的任务。
• Past attempts to offer infrastructure finance in return for oil blocks have foundered.
  中国以前用基础设施融资换取石油区块的尝试已经失败。
• 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 collision foundered the ship. The typhoon sank several fishing boats.
  撞击使该船进水沉没。台风使好几艘渔船沉没了。
• Without their assistance the arrangement will have foundered pretty quickly.
  没有他们的帮助这项安排早就落空了。
• Arbitrage strategies that took market liquidity for granted also foundered.
  认为市场流动性是理所当然的套利战略也跌了跟头。
• His academic progress foundered in1999, when he failed seven subjects, including Chinese, at high school.
  但与之相伴的是，在高中期末考试，他有7门功课不及格，包括语文课，他花了一年时间追赶。
• 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。