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

The company founders include a husband-and-wife team, Tom Costello and Anna Patterson, as chief executive and president.
Cuil公司创始人包括一对夫妻组合：汤姆•卡斯特罗（TomCostello）和安娜•帕特森（AnnaPatterson），分别担任首席执行官和总裁。
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。
But a divorce really ends a company. A divorce between founders really ends a company.
但是分裂真的会终止一个公司，一个，建立者之间的分裂会终结一个公司。
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。
Often at small and midsize companies, founders will have the same top title.
通常在中小型公司中，多位创始人会拥有相同的最高头衔。
Most founders aren't willing to do that, and so that gave us more confidence in him.
大部分创始人都不愿意这样做，所以这让我们对他更有信心了。
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。
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。