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

• The ship foundered in the heavy seas.
  这船在茫茫大海中沉没了。
• 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。
• But the larger part of them foundered near the shore.
  可惜大部分都在离岸不远的地方沉没了。
• On the fateful last shot, Emmons foundered, shooting 7.6.
  在至关重要的最后一枪，埃蒙斯又失手了，只打出了7.6环。
• The Clinton plan had foundered on the many procedural hurdles it had to clear in Congress.
  克林顿的计划由于遇到必须在国会里排除许多程序上的障碍而失败了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。