foundering

英 [ˈfaʊndərɪŋ]

美 [ˈfaʊndərɪŋ]

v.  失败; 破产; 沉没
founder的现在分词

经济

COCA.34236

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。

英英释义

noun

• (of a ship) sinking
  Synonym:going under

双语例句

• The committee thus risks foundering on the same rock as its predecessors.
  委员会因此有可能像他的前辈一样吊死在同一棵树上。
• Ranging from jump-starting TV and Web convergence to pumping life into the company's foundering search product, Vista promises to push the broadband envelope.
  范围从刚刚起步的TV和网络的结合到向生活大量投入的公司开发的搜索产品，Vista承诺推出宽带保护。
• The Forms and Features of Organized Crimes on the Early Stage of the foundering of the PRC
  建国初期有组织犯罪形态及特征
• Facing this chaos, EnglandandIrelandremain steadfast in pursuing the peace program, but they did not hold out much hope for preventing the two-year peace talk from foundering.
  面对此情此景，英国和爱尔兰坚持和平计划，但它们对该计划能否使历时两年的和谈免遭失败不抱什么希望。
• What was meant by a ship foundering in the sea;
  大海沉船是怎么回事。
• Boats that fisherman usually dodge have sometimes plucked them off foundering vessels.
  渔民们通常竭力规避的小艇有时却把他们从要沉没的船上救出来。
• Foundering in shoreless gulfs the world is done.
  在岸的海湾沉没，世界就此成型。
• Instead of first reflecting on his own anxieties and insecurities, the individual lashes out at others, placing the blame for the foundering relationship on them.
  这些人不是率先反思自己的焦虑与不安全感，而是猛烈批评对方，责怪对方才是导致关系恶化的根源。
• He did not mention the foundering trade negotiations in the Pacific and across the Atlantic.
  他没有提及面临失败的跨太平洋以及跨大西洋贸易谈判。
• Even as a foundering consumer and a global recession may conspire to pinch corporate profits in2009, another factor could undercut earnings a bit more: the strong dollar.
  就在美国企业2009年的利润可能因消费疲软和全球经济衰退的双重作用而出现下降之际，另一个有可能削弱企业利润的因素也浮出水面，那就是美元走强。