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