foundering

foundering

美 [ˈfaʊndər] 　英 [ˈfaʊndə(r)]

• v.垮掉；【航】沉没；(土地等)陷落
• n.奠基者；(马的)蹄叶炎；铸造工；铸件
• 网络浸水沉没；创始人；岩浆蚀顶作用

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.	1. 失败,垮掉 2. 【航】沉没 3. (土地等)陷落;掉进(泥淖等里) (in) (房屋等)倒塌 4. (马等)摔倒 5. (马)患蹄叶炎 6. 使沉没 7. 使摔倒,弄跛(马脚);使倒塌,使垮掉 8. 破坏,损害
n.	1. 奠基者,创立者,创办人 2. (马的)蹄叶炎,胸肌风湿 3. 铸造工,翻砂工;铸件

英英解释

v.	1. to begin to fail 2. if a ship or boat founders, it becomes full of water and sinks
n.	1. someone who starts a school, organization, business, or community

例句

Seafarers are entitled to adequate compensation in the case of injury, loss or unemployment arising from the ship's loss or foundering.

海员有权就由于船舶灭失或沉没所造成的伤害、损失或失业得到充分的赔偿。

Previously to the foundering, by the way, the oiler had worked double-watch in the engine-room of the ship.

顺便提一句，在船沉之前，加油工在拖船的机器房值了双班。

In Europe and the United States, the end of fiscal stimulus has left communities and industries foundering.

欧洲和美国的财政刺激结束后，各利益团体和相关行业仍然一蹶不振。

As a result, he adds with a sigh, "We have been foundering from the moment we set foot on the moon. "

结果，他叹口气说，“从踏足月球那一刻起我们已经倒下了。”

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。

And then of course there is Afghanistan, where Mr Obama remains commander-in-chief of an army at war in a foundering campaign.

当然，还有阿富汗问题，奥巴马先生依旧担任着攻陷之战的军事总司令一职。

Should the foundering and loss of the ship have become inevitable, the Master may decide to abandon the ship.

在船舶的沉没、毁灭不可避免的情况下，船长可以作出弃船决定；

With global climate-change negotiations foundering, the prospects of raising cash for REDD that way look poor.

在全球气候变化谈判受挫时，用那种方法为REDD集资的前景十分渺茫。

Governments cannot stop every foundering company from going under; nor should they.

政府不可能保证每家摇摇欲坠的公司免于破产，他们也没有义务这么做。

We must invest in a generation of foundering and forgotten children. We must invest in education.

我们必须对破产的和被遗忘的下一代投资，对教育投资。

Graduating from the Imperial Academy, Daala's career was foundering.

从帝国军校毕业后，达拉的事业每况愈下。

The committee thus risks foundering on the same rock as its predecessors.

委员会因此像它的先驱一样冒险地在同一处碰壁。

On May 10, with the boom and berm plans foundering, Ms. Jackson met about 25 Louisiana State University scientists to discuss the spill.

5月10日，由于设置拦油栅和沙堤的计划日渐失败，杰克逊与路易斯安那州立大学（LouisianaStateUniversity）的约25位科学家开会讨论此次漏油事故。

That lifeboat won't be launched in Britain in the near future, unless there is very clear evidence that the recovery is foundering.

英国在近期内不会使用这只救生圈，除非有确凿的证据表明经济复苏停滞不前。

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？

Convention concerning Unemployment Indemnity inCase of Loss or Foundering of the Ship

在船舶灭失或沉没时的失业赔偿公约

Seafarer compensation for the ship's loss or foundering

船舶灭失或沉没时对海员的赔偿

Governments cannot stop every foundering company from going under

政府不可能阻止每家摇摇欲坠的公司免于破产。

Application of Electric Sounding Technology in Survey of Wellpit Foundering Column

矿井陷落柱勘查中的电测深技术应用

and foundering, collision, fire and grounding are major causes resulting in total loss of general cargo ships;

沉没、碰撞、火灾及搁浅是导致普通杂货船事故的主要原因；