foundered
past simple and past participle offounder
| 单词 | foundered |
| 释义 | foundered past simple and past participle offounder founder verb[I] uk/ˈfaʊn.dər/us/ˈfaʊn.dɚ/(especiallyof aboat) tofillwithwaterandsink: Theferryfoundered in aheavystorm, taking many of thepassengersandcrewwith it. to beunsuccessful: Teachingcomputerstoreadand write has always founderedontheunpredictablehumanelementinlanguage. Staying afloat, capsizing & sinking
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Failing and doing badly Examplesoffounderedfoundered In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Previous, often intensive control programmes havefoundered, and we cannot point to a clear-cut example of successful large-scale scrapie control. From theCambridge English Corpus When it finally decided to introduce a growthinhibiting incomes policy to restrain inflation, itfounderedin the 1978-9 'winter of discontent'. From theCambridge English Corpus The hopes that an independent, transnational community might emerge among this group of expertsfounderedon the clash of the national perspectives they represented. From theCambridge English Corpus As he declined to address himself to the intractable problems which it raised, it became the rock upon which hefoundered. From theCambridge English Corpus Although initial efforts to augment the efficiency and accountability of public servantsfoundered, modest successes have been achieved. From theCambridge English Corpus However, this programme alsofounderedin the face of limited budget allocations and failed to receive funding at this stage. From theCambridge English Corpus Political change in the 1830s hadfounderedbecause active groups had based utopian ambitions on unrealistic foundations. From theCambridge English Corpus When the projectfoundereda year later, he made the best of a bad thing by writing a history of the failed expedition. From theCambridge English Corpus Itfounderedon self-interest and cruel lack of interest, and seems to have been characterized by nothing more admirable than intellectual arrogance in the face of real suffering. From theCambridge English Corpus His overture through the normal channelsfoundered. From theCambridge English Corpus Old forms of regulation (notably through public ownership)founderedon problems of both economic efficiency and public accountability. From theCambridge English Corpus This article will make clear the heterogeneity and complexity of this worldview, one of the inherent reasons for the crisis of confidence in which itfoundered. From theCambridge English Corpus In the past such innovative schemes as night-sitter services and incontinence laundry services havefounderedbecause of a perceived lack of demand, when lack of publicitiy was the culprit. From theCambridge English Corpus Successive population projections in this country, like many other sociological predictions, have oftenfounderedin the past because of a failure to anticipate the gap between intentions and events. From theCambridge English Corpus Baldwin was well aware that tariff reform hadfounderedbefore 1914 on the charge of being a tax on working-class food and that this charge would be repeated. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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