音标:['faundә] ; 柯林斯词典等级:1 级;
n. 创立者, 建立者
vt. 使沉没, 使摔倒, 弄跛, 浸水, 破坏
vi. 沉没, 摔到, 变跛, 倒塌, 失败
n. a person who founds or establishes some institution
n. a worker who makes metal castings
v. sink below the surface
v. stumble and nearly fall
词型变化:名词复数形式 : founders ; 过去式 : foundered ; 过去分词 : foundered ; 现在分词 : foundering ; 第三人称单数 : founders
考试类型:[托福/GRE]
词性分布:
名词94%
动词6%

founder的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. He is the founder of the party.他是该党的创建者。
  2. He was the founder of this society.他是这一团体的创立者。
用作动词(v.)
  1. For a while it looked as if their scheme would founder.一时间,他们的计划眼看要落空了。
  2. But the boat-swain protesting to him, that if he did not, the ship would founder, he consented但水手长抗议说,如果船长不同意砍掉前桅,船就会沉没。这样,船长也只好答应了。

词汇搭配

  • founder member创办人(发起人)...
  • founder principle建立者原则, 创始者...
  • letter founder铸字工
  • bell founder铸钟者
  • type founder铸字工人

经典引文

  • Like an old hack foundered in the street, struggling no more.

    出自:S. Beckett
  • Shock foundered Eric, sent him silly all over.

    出自:E. Bowen
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