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

• 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。
• We are not a Christian nation, and our founders specifically forbid us to become so.
  我们不是一个基督教国家，和我们的创始人特别是不让我们成为如此。
• All three founders state that cases on Brazil were an inspiration.
  三位创始人都说，巴西的国情触发了他们的灵感。
• Professor Yang Chengzong is one of the founders of radiochemistry in China.
  杨承宗教授是我国放射化学的奠基人。
• They override agreements entered into voluntarily by founders and investors.
  它们推翻了创始人和投资者自愿达成的协议。
• 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。
• 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。
• These and seven other female founders make up the 2013 class of fortune most powerful women entrepreneurs.
  这3位女性和其他7位女性创始人构成了2013年《财富》杂志最有影响力的女创业家（FortuneMostPowerfulWomenEntrepreneurs）的名单。
• But when they divvied up the power in their new creation, its founders practised some low numerical arts.
  但是当他们在新的创造物中分配权利时，他的创始人们犯了一些低级的数字方面的错误。