founders

英 [ˈfaʊndəz]

美 [ˈfaʊndərz]

n.  (组织、机构等的)创建者，创办者，发起人
v.  失败; 破产; 沉没
founder的第三人称单数和复数

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

• The Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin have also expressed personal interest in space exploration.
  谷歌创始人拉里·佩奇（Larrypage）和谢尔盖·布林（SergeyBrin）也曾表达过对于太空探索的个人兴趣。
• Some have contacted the founders and they have hired several HBS alumni.
  有些与他们进行了接洽，他们也聘用了几位哈佛商学院的校友。
• These and seven other female founders make up the 2013 class of fortune most powerful women entrepreneurs.
  这3位女性和其他7位女性创始人构成了2013年《财富》杂志最有影响力的女创业家（FortuneMostPowerfulWomenEntrepreneurs）的名单。
• The farmers are the founders of civilization and prosperity.
  农民是文明和繁荣的奠基者。
• Meanwhile big business founders such as Mark Zuckerberg and the late Steve jobs are more famous than ever before.
  与此同时，大型企业创始人如马克扎克伯格（markzuckerberg）和已故的史蒂夫乔布斯（stevejobs）等人比以往更加出名。
• The company founders include a husband-and-wife team, Tom Costello and Anna Patterson, as chief executive and president.
  Cuil公司创始人包括一对夫妻组合：汤姆•卡斯特罗（TomCostello）和安娜•帕特森（AnnaPatterson），分别担任首席执行官和总裁。
• Google founders see themselves as pioneers in stripping accountability from the capital markets system.
  谷歌的几位创始人把自己当成了超脱于资本市场体系责任之外的先行者。
• They override agreements entered into voluntarily by founders and investors.
  它们推翻了创始人和投资者自愿达成的协议。
• But when they divvied up the power in their new creation, its founders practised some low numerical arts.
  但是当他们在新的创造物中分配权利时，他的创始人们犯了一些低级的数字方面的错误。
• Often at small and midsize companies, founders will have the same top title.
  通常在中小型公司中，多位创始人会拥有相同的最高头衔。