- [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.该合资企业可能很容易因为缺乏资金来筹集资金而成立。
- 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 - [intransitive] founder (on something) (of a ship船) 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 Word Originverb Middle English (in the sense ‘knock to the ground’): from Old French fondrer, esfondrer ‘submerge, collapse’, based on Latin fundus ‘bottom, base’.