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

• Foundering in shoreless gulfs the world is done.
  在岸的海湾沉没，世界就此成型。
• Can the world's biggest chipmaker reverse its foundering fortunes?
  世界最大芯片制造商能否逆转颓势？
• High automatic continuous foundering equipment makes it possible to ensure each of products in the same appearance and size.
  高自动化程度的连铸生产设备，为客户提供了形状规范、尺寸准确的优质产品；
• 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。
• As for the cultivation of badminton reserve talents, Hunan Province has successful experiences such as the care of local government, the foundering of badminton schools and so on, which should be concluded and recommended as a Classical Project in Hunan.
  湖南省羽毛球后备人才培养具有地方政府重视、成立羽毛球运动学校等成功经验，作为湖南的精品工程，是值得总结和推荐。
• What was meant by a ship foundering in the sea;
  大海沉船是怎么回事。
• The United States is unhappy, divided and foundering both at home and abroad.
  如今，美国既失意又分裂，国内国外都一败涂地。
• The lifeboat soon got abreast of the foundering ship.
  救生艇很快就赶到了那艘正在下沉的船旁。
• 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。
• 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。