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

• 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。
• Since Mr Putin regained the presidency last year, his foreign policy has foundered.
  自从去年普京重新当选总统以来，他的外交政策一直没有起色。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Three ships foundered in heavy seas.
  三艘船在波涛汹涌的海面上沉没了。
• 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。
• 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。