foundered
美 [?fa?nd?r] 
英 [?fa?nd?(r)]
- v.失敗；【航】沉沒；(土地等)陷落
- n.創立者；(馬的)蹄葉炎；鑄造工；鑄件
- 網絡浸水而沉沒
詞形變化
第三人稱單數：founders 現在分詞：foundering 過去式：foundered 同義詞
英漢解釋
v. | 3. (土地等)陷落;掉進(泥淖等里) (in) (房屋等)倒塌 |
n. | |
英英解釋
例句
Years of trying to lure outside capital and know-how, however, foundered.
然而多年吸引外資和技術的努力歸于失敗。
Before Deepwater Horizon foundered there had not been a big leak from an offshore oil well for 40 years.
在深水地平線號出事前，那里已有40年未出現一起近海油井嚴重泄漏的事件。
Much of the animal-intelligence research of that era ultimately foundered before an onslaught of skeptics.
在那個時代，許多對動物智力的研究最終都因敵不住懷疑論者的攻擊而失敗。
Witnesses say the boat foundered in heavy seas as passengers stampeded to board inflatable life rafts.
目擊者說，船作為自亂陣腳登上救生筏充氣乘客波濤洶涌的海面沉沒。
The UN says the ship foundered off the coast of Libya late last week, but the witness accounts are only emerging now.
聯合國表示，這艘船只于上周末在利比亞海岸沉沒，但是目擊者稱看到了失事船只的殘骸及遇難者遺體漂浮于海上的情景。
Negotiations over the federal constitution almost foundered on the subject of the Murray-Darling.
關于修改聯邦憲法的談判幾乎在墨累-達令問題上崩盤。
Sadly, an attempt to reform the legal profession this week foundered on the self-interest of lawyers in the Italian parliament.
遺憾的是，本周改革法律業的努力被意大利議會中的律師議員出于私利否決。
It eventually foundered due to widely differing expectations of the two parties, then Microsoft and American Express Travel Services.
然而由于雙方（指微軟和美國運通旅行服務）在未來的期望方面出現了廣泛的分歧，這家公司最后以失敗告終。
The boat foundered on rocks near the harbour.
船在港口附近觸礁沉沒。
Its fragile efforts to revive foundered when payment disputes with suppliers halted production and its CEO abruptly resigned.
薩博和供應商發生付款糾紛之后，汽車被迫停產，加之首席執行官突然辭職，使得其圖謀復興的努力付諸東流。
The Democrats' dream that the country was on the verge of a 1960s-style liberal renaissance foundered in the mid-terms.
民主黨人夢想這個國家處于遭到破壞的，1960年代式自由主義復興的邊緣。
It foundered during the turmoils accompanying the Great Migrations.
它在隨著民族大遷徙而出現的混亂中崩潰。
The former's bid for America to unilaterally impose its will on the rest of the world has foundered on military and diplomatic realities.
前者把美國的意志單方面強加給世界其他國家的努力因為軍事和外交的現實已經破產了。
But several attempts at tax reform over the past decade have foundered in the face of entrenched political resistance.
但在頑固的政治阻撓之下，過去十年間的幾項稅制改革最后還是流產了。
Parallels between the Titanic and the banks and companies that foundered in the financial and economic crisis are numerous.
泰坦尼克號（Titanic）與金融和經濟危機中垮掉的銀行及公司存在許多相似之處。
Most attempts at addressing these questions have foundered because such information is not available.
大部分試圖解決這些問題的嘗試都未能如愿，因為這些數據信息很難找到。
A carbon-trading scheme, which was supposed to be a pioneering showcase, has so far foundered.
被期待為開拓性展示物的溫室氣體排放貿易制度已經建立。
The talks foundered, in part because South Korean officials had told the Korean public for weeks they would make no compromises.
但談判出現破裂，原因之一是韓國官員連續數周向韓國公眾表示，不會在談判中讓步。
In Poland Shaikh's mental state worsened after a relationship with a new girlfriend foundered.
在波蘭和一位新女友的關系破裂后，謝赫的精神狀況更加惡化。
if this one foundered , weeks and possibly months would accrue before another major drive could be initiated.
這一次要是依然不能得手，再要籌措一次大規模的進攻起碼又得幾個星期以至幾個月。
It was on his rock, and not on differences of principle that my wishes finally foundered.
我的希望之所以終告破滅，不是由于原則上的分歧，而是由于遇到了這一暗礁。
This article is reference value in further research of the underground structures foundered on soft soil.
本文對進一步研究軟土地基上城市地下結構對地震作用的響應具有一定的參考價值。
Econometric studies of saving behavior have foundered on both conceptual and practical difficulties.
儲蓄行為的經濟計量研究，不論在理論上還是實踐中，都遇到了很多困難。
Previous negotiations foundered on European objections to America's limits on foreign ownership of airlines.
歐盟在先前的談判設定的前提是，反對美國在航空公司所有權上對外方的限制。
Asian mills acquire the bulk of their iron ore from the Australian duo and Vale, and efforts to diversify have mostly foundered.
亞洲鋼鐵廠的大部分鐵礦石來自澳大利亞這兩家礦業巨頭以及淡水河谷，它們試圖分散供應來源的努力基本以失敗告終。
Dark energy's true nature remains a mystery. Theoretical attempts to account for its observed properties have foundered.
暗能量的真實本性仍然是個未解之謎，從理論上解釋觀測到的性狀已經失敗了。
Without their assistance the arrangement would have foundered pretty quickly.
沒有他們的幫助這項安排早就落空了。
Proposals to detain without charge people suspected of terrorism for up to 42 days foundered in the House of Lords in 2008.
2008年，可以不經過審判對疑似恐怖分子實行最長42天的扣留的提議在上議院中未獲通過。
The six-day round of talks that produced the agreement almost foundered over North Korean demands for bigger pledges of aid.
朝方以六天談判達成的協定為資，要求更多的援助支持。
The collision foundered the ship.
撞擊使該船進水沉沒。
The ship, the biggest in the world at the time, foundered in frigid Atlantic waters off Newfoundland on April 15, 1912.
泰坦尼克號在當時是全球最大的船舶，于1912年4月15日在紐芬蘭附近冰冷的大西洋海域沉沒。
In the past, complaints against the police have often foundered because of a lack of evidence.
過去，對警察的控訴經常因為缺乏證據而擱淺。
That effort foundered when Irish banks passed the test, only to require tens of billions of euros in new bailout money just months later.
尤其是愛爾蘭銀行通過了上輪測試，使其效力蕩然無存。因為幾個月后，愛爾蘭便開始索要幾十億歐元的救助金。
Arbitrage strategies that took market liquidity for granted also foundered.
認為市場流動性是理所當然的套利戰略也跌了跟頭。
It was on his rock, and not on differences of principle that my wishes finally foundered.
我的希望之所以終告破滅，不是由于原則上的分歧，而是由于遇到了這一暗礁。
Past attempts to offer infrastructure finance in return for oil blocks have foundered.
中國以前用基礎設施融資換取石油區塊的嘗試已經失敗。
Mr. Chen had also hoped to establish such flights, but talks foundered because of China's objections to his pro-independence moves.
陳先生同樣希望建立這樣的航班機制，不過商談因為中國厭惡他的獨立傾向而擱淺。
When his company foundered in the early 1990s, he was appointed head of restructuring.
當他公司在1990年代早期成立時，他被任命為企業重建的領導。
The project foundered as a result of lack of finance.
該項目因缺乏資金而告吹。
The ship struck a reef and foundered.
船觸礁沉沒了
Attempts at molding a bipartisan bill foundered after Republicans insisted that a new consumer-protection agency should have few powers.
由于共和黨堅持新消費者保護機構應該有一些權力，償試促成跨黨派法案的努力宣告失敗。
