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

• Ms. Yingluck's plans to hold an election to capitalize on the popularity of her pro-poor subsidies and spending plans already appear to be foundering, however.
  英拉计划举行选举，利用其对贫困人口有利的补贴和开支计划获得的民望，但这个计划已经显得摇摇欲坠。
• 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；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• We were not much more than a quarter of an hour out for ship but we saw her sink, and then I understood for the first time what was meant by a ship foundering in the sea;
  离开大船不到一刻钟，我们就看到它沉下去了。这时，我才平生第一次懂得大海沉船是怎么回事。
• 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
• Foundering in shoreless gulfs the world is done.
  在岸的海湾沉没，世界就此成型。