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词汇 founder
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founder

noun
 
/ˈfaʊndə(r)/
/ˈfaʊndər/
  1. a person who starts an organization, institution, etc. or causes something to be built(组织、机构等的)创建者,创办者,发起人
    • the founder and president of the company公司的创办人和总裁
    • a wife and husband who are joint founders of the company作为这家公司联合创建人的一对夫妇
    Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • original
    • company
    founder + noun
    • member

founder

verb
/ˈfaʊndə(r)/
/ˈfaʊndər/
(formal)
动词形式
present simple I / you / we / they founder
/ˈfaʊndə(r)/
/ˈfaʊndər/
he / she / it founders
/ˈfaʊndəz/
/ˈfaʊndərz/
past simple foundered
/ˈfaʊndəd/
/ˈfaʊndərd/
past participle foundered
/ˈfaʊndəd/
/ˈfaʊndərd/
-ing form foundering
/ˈfaʊndərɪŋ/
/ˈfaʊndərɪŋ/
  1. [intransitive] (of a plan, attempt, etc.) to fail, especially because of a particular problem or difficulty失败;破产
    • The project foundered after problems with funding.这个项目因资金不足而告吹。
    • The venture might easily founder for want of capital to finance expansion.由于缺乏资金为扩张融资,这家风险企业可能很容易倒闭。
    • founder on something The peace talks foundered on a basic lack of trust.由于缺乏基本信任,和平谈判搁浅。
    Topics Difficulty and failurec2
  2. [intransitive] founder (on something) (of a ship) to fill with water and sink沉没
    • Our boat foundered on a reef.我们的船触礁沉没。
    Topics Transport by waterc2
  3. 词源verb Middle English (in the sense ‘knock to the ground’): from Old French fondrer, esfondrer ‘submerge, collapse’, based on Latin fundus ‘bottom, base’.
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