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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Three ships foundered in heavy seas.
  三艘船在波涛汹涌的海面上沉没了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。