foundered
美 [ˈfaʊndər] 
英 [ˈfaʊndə(r)]
- v.失败；【航】沉没；(土地等)陷落
- n.创立者；(马的)蹄叶炎；铸造工；铸件
- 网络浸水而沉没
词形变化
第三人称单数：founders 现在分词：foundering 过去式：foundered 同义词
英汉解释
v. | 3. (土地等)陷落;掉进(泥淖等里) (in) (房屋等)倒塌 |
n. | |
英英解释
例句
Years of trying to lure outside capital and know-how, however, foundered.
然而多年吸引外资和技术的努力归于失败。
Before Deepwater Horizon foundered there had not been a big leak from an offshore oil well for 40 years.
在深水地平线号出事前，那里已有40年未出现一起近海油井严重泄漏的事件。
Much of the animal-intelligence research of that era ultimately foundered before an onslaught of skeptics.
在那个时代，许多对动物智力的研究最终都因敌不住怀疑论者的攻击而失败。
Witnesses say the boat foundered in heavy seas as passengers stampeded to board inflatable life rafts.
目击者说，船作为自乱阵脚登上救生筏充气乘客波涛汹涌的海面沉没。
The UN says the ship foundered off the coast of Libya late last week, but the witness accounts are only emerging now.
联合国表示，这艘船只于上周末在利比亚海岸沉没，但是目击者称看到了失事船只的残骸及遇难者遗体漂浮于海上的情景。
Negotiations over the federal constitution almost foundered on the subject of the Murray-Darling.
关于修改联邦宪法的谈判几乎在墨累-达令问题上崩盘。
Sadly, an attempt to reform the legal profession this week foundered on the self-interest of lawyers in the Italian parliament.
遗憾的是，本周改革法律业的努力被意大利议会中的律师议员出于私利否决。
It eventually foundered due to widely differing expectations of the two parties, then Microsoft and American Express Travel Services.
然而由于双方（指微软和美国运通旅行服务）在未来的期望方面出现了广泛的分歧，这家公司最后以失败告终。
The boat foundered on rocks near the harbour.
船在港口附近触礁沉没。
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 Democrats' dream that the country was on the verge of a 1960s-style liberal renaissance foundered in the mid-terms.
民主党人梦想这个国家处于遭到破坏的，1960年代式自由主义复兴的边缘。
It foundered during the turmoils accompanying the Great Migrations.
它在随着民族大迁徙而出现的混乱中崩溃。
The former's bid for America to unilaterally impose its will on the rest of the world has foundered on military and diplomatic realities.
前者把美国的意志单方面强加给世界其他国家的努力因为军事和外交的现实已经破产了。
But several attempts at tax reform over the past decade have foundered in the face of entrenched political resistance.
但在顽固的政治阻挠之下，过去十年间的几项税制改革最后还是流产了。
Parallels between the Titanic and the banks and companies that foundered in the financial and economic crisis are numerous.
泰坦尼克号（Titanic）与金融和经济危机中垮掉的银行及公司存在许多相似之处。
Most attempts at addressing these questions have foundered because such information is not available.
大部分试图解决这些问题的尝试都未能如愿，因为这些数据信息很难找到。
A carbon-trading scheme, which was supposed to be a pioneering showcase, has so far foundered.
被期待为开拓性展示物的温室气体排放贸易制度已经建立。
The talks foundered, in part because South Korean officials had told the Korean public for weeks they would make no compromises.
但谈判出现破裂，原因之一是韩国官员连续数周向韩国公众表示，不会在谈判中让步。
In Poland Shaikh's mental state worsened after a relationship with a new girlfriend foundered.
在波兰和一位新女友的关系破裂后，谢赫的精神状况更加恶化。
if this one foundered , weeks and possibly months would accrue before another major drive could be initiated.
这一次要是依然不能得手，再要筹措一次大规模的进攻起码又得几个星期以至几个月。
It was on his rock, and not on differences of principle that my wishes finally foundered.
我的希望之所以终告破灭，不是由于原则上的分歧，而是由于遇到了这一暗礁。
This article is reference value in further research of the underground structures foundered on soft soil.
本文对进一步研究软土地基上城市地下结构对地震作用的响应具有一定的参考价值。
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。
Previous negotiations foundered on European objections to America's limits on foreign ownership of airlines.
欧盟在先前的谈判设定的前提是，反对美国在航空公司所有权上对外方的限制。
Asian mills acquire the bulk of their iron ore from the Australian duo and Vale, and efforts to diversify have mostly foundered.
亚洲钢铁厂的大部分铁矿石来自澳大利亚这两家矿业巨头以及淡水河谷，它们试图分散供应来源的努力基本以失败告终。
Dark energy's true nature remains a mystery. Theoretical attempts to account for its observed properties have foundered.
暗能量的真实本性仍然是个未解之谜，从理论上解释观测到的性状已经失败了。
Without their assistance the arrangement would have foundered pretty quickly.
没有他们的帮助这项安排早就落空了。
Proposals to detain without charge people suspected of terrorism for up to 42 days foundered in the House of Lords in 2008.
2008年，可以不经过审判对疑似恐怖分子实行最长42天的扣留的提议在上议院中未获通过。
The six-day round of talks that produced the agreement almost foundered over North Korean demands for bigger pledges of aid.
朝方以六天谈判达成的协定为资，要求更多的援助支持。
The collision foundered the ship.
撞击使该船进水沉没。
The ship, the biggest in the world at the time, foundered in frigid Atlantic waters off Newfoundland on April 15, 1912.
泰坦尼克号在当时是全球最大的船舶，于1912年4月15日在纽芬兰附近冰冷的大西洋海域沉没。
In the past, complaints against the police have often foundered because of a lack of evidence.
过去，对警察的控诉经常因为缺乏证据而搁浅。
That effort foundered when Irish banks passed the test, only to require tens of billions of euros in new bailout money just months later.
尤其是爱尔兰银行通过了上轮测试，使其效力荡然无存。因为几个月后，爱尔兰便开始索要几十亿欧元的救助金。
Arbitrage strategies that took market liquidity for granted also foundered.
认为市场流动性是理所当然的套利战略也跌了跟头。
It was on his rock, and not on differences of principle that my wishes finally foundered.
我的希望之所以终告破灭，不是由于原则上的分歧，而是由于遇到了这一暗礁。
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。
Mr. Chen had also hoped to establish such flights, but talks foundered because of China's objections to his pro-independence moves.
陈先生同样希望建立这样的航班机制，不过商谈因为中国厌恶他的独立倾向而搁浅。
When his company foundered in the early 1990s, he was appointed head of restructuring.
当他公司在1990年代早期成立时，他被任命为企业重建的领导。
The project foundered as a result of lack of finance.
该项目因缺乏资金而告吹。
The ship struck a reef and foundered.
船触礁沉没了
Attempts at molding a bipartisan bill foundered after Republicans insisted that a new consumer-protection agency should have few powers.
由于共和党坚持新消费者保护机构应该有一些权力，偿试促成跨党派法案的努力宣告失败。
