founders

英 [ˈfaʊndəz]

美 [ˈfaʊndərz]

n.  (组织、机构等的)创建者，创办者，发起人
v.  失败; 破产; 沉没
founder的第三人称单数和复数

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

• Adam Smith is considered one of the founders of classical economics.
  阿当斯密被视为传统经济学派的创始人之一。
• Some have contacted the founders and they have hired several HBS alumni.
  有些与他们进行了接洽，他们也聘用了几位哈佛商学院的校友。
• 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。
• The genius of our founders is that they designed a system of government that can be changed.
  我们奠基者们的天才之处在于他们设计了可变革的政体。
• Google founders see themselves as pioneers in stripping accountability from the capital markets system.
  谷歌的几位创始人把自己当成了超脱于资本市场体系责任之外的先行者。
• We funded them because we liked the founders so much.
  我们投资它，只是因为我们太喜欢他的创始人了。
• There is indeed a theory that jerks or assholes make the most successful founders/ CEOs.
  确实有一种理论认为，令人讨厌的人或混蛋可以成为最成功的创始人和CEO。
• The founders of the USA left important precedents.
  美国的建立者留下了很多重要的先例（复习：precedent，取决于pre=before）。
• But a divorce really ends a company. A divorce between founders really ends a company.
  但是分裂真的会终止一个公司，一个，建立者之间的分裂会终结一个公司。
• Meanwhile big business founders such as Mark Zuckerberg and the late Steve jobs are more famous than ever before.
  与此同时，大型企业创始人如马克扎克伯格（markzuckerberg）和已故的史蒂夫乔布斯（stevejobs）等人比以往更加出名。