founder
founder 英 [ˈfaʊndə(r)] 美 [ˈfaʊndɚ]
v. 失败；沉没 n. 创始人
进行时:foundering 过去式:foundered 过去分词:foundered 第三人称单数:founders 名词复数:founders
- The person who creates an organization or a company is known as the founder. Founder is also a verb meaning "fail miserably," which is something a company's founder hopes the company will never do.
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- v. 失败；沉没
- n. 创始人
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1. the founder and president of the company
公司的创办人和总裁
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2. The peace talks foundered on a basic lack of trust.
由于缺乏基本信任，和平谈判搁浅。
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3. Our boat foundered on a reef.
我们的船触礁沉没。
- founder (n.1) "one who establishes, one who sets up or institutes (something)," mid-14c., from Anglo-French fundur, Old French fondeor "founder, originator" (Modern French fondateur), from Latin fundator, agent noun from fundare "to lay a foundation" (see found (v.1)). Fem. form foundress is from early 15c.; also fundatrix (1540s).
- founder (n.2) "one who casts metal," c. 1400, agent noun from found (v.2).
- founder (v.) early 14c. "to send to the bottom" (transitive); late 14c., "to sink or fall" (intransitive), from Old French fondrer "collapse; submerge, sink, fall to the bottom" (Modern French fondrier), from fond "bottom" (12c.), from Latin fundus "bottom, foundation" (see fund (n.)). Not especially of ships in Middle English, where it typically meant "fall to the ground." Figurative use from 1580s. Related: Foundered; foundering.
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