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