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
- 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。 - 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。 - Econometric studies of saving behavior have foundered on both conceptual and practical difficulties.
储蓄行为的经济计量研究，不论在理论上还是实践中，都遇到了很多困难。 - 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。 - These efforts foundered largely because of problems over pricing and financing of asset transfers.
这些努力失败的主要原因，在于资产转移的定价和融资问题。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。