founders

英 [ˈfaʊndəz]

美 [ˈfaʊndərz]

n.  (组织、机构等的)创建者，创办者，发起人
v.  失败; 破产; 沉没
founder的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 创办人;创立者;奠基者
  Thefounderof an institution, organization, or building is the person who got it started or caused it to be built, often by providing the necessary money.
  1. He was one of the founders of the university's medical faculty.
     他是该大学医学院的创建人之一。
• VERB 失败;崩溃;垮掉
  If something such as a plan or projectfounders, it fails because of a particular point, difficulty, or problem.
  1. The talks have foundered, largely because of the reluctance of some members of the government to do a deal with criminals.
     对话已经破裂了，原因主要是因为一些政府成员不愿意和犯罪分子达成协议。
• VERB (船只)沉没
  If a shipfounders, it fills with water and sinks.
  1. Three ships foundered in heavy seas.
     三艘船在波涛汹涌的海面上沉没了。

双语例句

• I regularly bring this up with founders as I want them to be protected.
  我经常会提出这个条款，因为我希望创始人得到保护。
• But when they divvied up the power in their new creation, its founders practised some low numerical arts.
  但是当他们在新的创造物中分配权利时，他的创始人们犯了一些低级的数字方面的错误。
• They were substantially the founders of civilization.
  他们实质上是文明的建立者。
• Some have contacted the founders and they have hired several HBS alumni.
  有些与他们进行了接洽，他们也聘用了几位哈佛商学院的校友。
• The Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin have also expressed personal interest in space exploration.
  谷歌创始人拉里·佩奇（Larrypage）和谢尔盖·布林（SergeyBrin）也曾表达过对于太空探索的个人兴趣。
• We will come through because our founders bequeathed us a political system of genius.
  我们会走出来的，因为我们的缔造者赋予了我们一个天才的政治体制。
• In some listings, I have questioned the motives of the founders in taking the company public.
  我怀疑过一些公司的创始人将公司上市变成公众公司的动机。
• The farmers are the founders of civilization and prosperity.
  农民是文明和繁荣的奠基者。
• Adam Smith is considered one of the founders of classical economics.
  阿当斯密被视为传统经济学派的创始人之一。
• The city's rather uncompromising bleakness is a permanent memorial to its dark and mysterious founders.
  这座城市毫不妥协的荒凉面貌是对其神秘莫测的创建者的永久纪念。