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

• 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 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。
• Professor Yang Chengzong is one of the founders of radiochemistry in China.
  杨承宗教授是我国放射化学的奠基人。
• 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 founders of these companies are internationally famous and frequently grace the covers of time and Forbes magazines.
  这些公司的创立者全球闻名，频繁出现在《时代》和《福布斯》杂志的封面上。
• We are not a Christian nation, and our founders specifically forbid us to become so.
  我们不是一个基督教国家，和我们的创始人特别是不让我们成为如此。
• 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。
• The founders of the USA left important precedents.
  美国的建立者留下了很多重要的先例（复习：precedent，取决于pre=before）。
• We funded them because we liked the founders so much.
  我们投资它，只是因为我们太喜欢他的创始人了。
• The founders of our religion made this a cornerstone of morality.
  我们宗教的创始人把这看作是道德的基石。