founder

noun

/ˈfaʊndə(r)/

/ˈfaʊndər/

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a person who starts an organization, institution, etc. or causes something to be built（组织、机构等的）创建者，创办者，发起人
- the founder and president of the company公司的创办人和总裁
- a wife and husband who are joint founders of the company作为这家公司联合创建人的一对夫妇
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- original
- company
founder + noun
- member
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founder

verb

/ˈfaʊndə(r)/

/ˈfaʊndər/

(formal)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they founder	/ˈfaʊndə(r)/ /ˈfaʊndər/
he / she / it founders	/ˈfaʊndəz/ /ˈfaʊndərz/
past simple foundered	/ˈfaʊndəd/ /ˈfaʊndərd/
past participle foundered	/ˈfaʊndəd/ /ˈfaʊndərd/
-ing form foundering	/ˈfaʊndərɪŋ/ /ˈfaʊndərɪŋ/

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[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.由于缺乏资金为扩张融资，这家风险企业可能很容易倒闭。
- 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。
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Word Originverb Middle English (in the sense ‘knock to the ground’): from Old French fondrer, esfondrer ‘submerge, collapse’, based on Latin fundus ‘bottom, base’.