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

• 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。
• 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。
• Arbitrage strategies that took market liquidity for granted also foundered.
  认为市场流动性是理所当然的套利战略也跌了跟头。
• Plans for a new stadium have foundered for lack of funds.
  修建新体育馆的计划因缺乏资金而告吹。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The plan foundered in its early stages.
  这项计划在早期阶段就失败了。
• The move came as an opposition call to boycott the elections foundered Sunday.
  因为星期日反对党号召抵制选举受挫，所以才有了现在这样的举动。