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.- 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。
- He was one of the founders of the university's medical faculty.
- 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.- 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。
- The talks have foundered, largely because of the reluctance of some members of the government to do a deal with criminals.
- VERB (船只)沉没
If a shipfounders, it fills with water and sinks.- Three ships foundered in heavy seas.
三艘船在波涛汹涌的海面上沉没了。
- Three ships foundered in heavy seas.
双语例句
- 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。 - Econometric studies of saving behavior have foundered on both conceptual and practical difficulties.
储蓄行为的经济计量研究，不论在理论上还是实践中，都遇到了很多困难。 - I have not become downhearted or low-spirited. The collision foundered the ship.
我并没有灰心或消沉。撞击使该船进水沉没。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Negotiations over the federal constitution almost foundered on the subject of the Murray-Darling.
关于修改联邦宪法的谈判几乎在墨累-达令问题上崩盘。