1.失败,垮掉
2.【航】沉没
3.(土地等)陷落;掉进(泥淖等里) (in) (房屋等)倒塌
4.(马等)摔倒
5.(马)患蹄叶炎
6.使沉没
7.使摔倒,弄跛(马脚);使倒塌,使垮掉
8.破坏,损害
1.失败,垮掉
2.【航】沉没
3.(土地等)陷落;掉进(泥淖等里) (in) (房屋等)倒塌
4.(马等)摔倒
5.(马)患蹄叶炎
6.使沉没
7.使摔倒,弄跛(马脚);使倒塌,使垮掉
8.破坏,损害
1.奠基者,创立者,创办人
2.(马的)蹄叶炎,胸肌风湿
3.铸造工,翻砂工;铸件
1.to begin to fail
2.if a ship or boat founders, it becomes full of water and sinks
1.someone who starts a school, organization, business, or community
1.Seafarers are entitled to adequate compensation in the case of injury, loss or unemployment arising from the ship's loss or foundering.
海员有权就由于船舶灭失或沉没所造成的伤害、损失或失业得到充分的赔偿。
2.Previously to the foundering, by the way, the oiler had worked double-watch in the engine-room of the ship.
顺便提一句，在船沉之前，加油工在拖船的机器房值了双班。
3.In Europe and the United States, the end of fiscal stimulus has left communities and industries foundering.
欧洲和美国的财政刺激结束后，各利益团体和相关行业仍然一蹶不振。
4.As a result, he adds with a sigh, "We have been foundering from the moment we set foot on the moon. "
结果，他叹口气说，“从踏足月球那一刻起我们已经倒下了。”
5.The United States is unhappy, pided and foundering both at home and abroad.
如今，美国既失意又分裂，国内国外都一败涂地。
6.And then of course there is Afghanistan, where Mr Obama remains commander-in-chief of an army at war in a foundering campaign.
当然，还有阿富汗问题，奥巴马先生依旧担任着攻陷之战的军事总司令一职。
7.Should the foundering and loss of the ship have become inevitable, the Master may decide to abandon the ship.
在船舶的沉没、毁灭不可避免的情况下，船长可以作出弃船决定；
8.With global climate-change negotiations foundering, the prospects of raising cash for REDD that way look poor.
在全球气候变化谈判受挫时，用那种方法为REDD集资的前景十分渺茫。
9.Governments cannot stop every foundering company from going under; nor should they.
政府不可能保证每家摇摇欲坠的公司免于破产，他们也没有义务这么做。
10.We must invest in a generation of foundering and forgotten children. We must invest in education.
我们必须对破产的和被遗忘的下一代投资，对教育投资。