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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The collision foundered the ship. The typhoon sank several fishing boats.
  撞击使该船进水沉没。台风使好几艘渔船沉没了。