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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Three ships foundered in heavy seas.
  三艘船在波涛汹涌的海面上沉没了。
• 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 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 ship foundered in the heavy seas.
  这船在茫茫大海中沉没了。
• But the larger part of them foundered near the shore.
  可惜大部分都在离岸不远的地方沉没了。
• 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。