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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I have not become downhearted or low-spirited. The collision foundered the ship.
  我并没有灰心或消沉。撞击使该船进水沉没。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。