founders

英 [ˈfaʊndəz]

美 [ˈfaʊndərz]

n.  (组织、机构等的)创建者，创办者，发起人
v.  失败; 破产; 沉没
founder的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 创办人;创立者;奠基者
  Thefounderof an institution, organization, or building is the person who got it started or caused it to be built, often by providing the necessary money.
  1. He was one of the founders of the university's medical faculty.
     他是该大学医学院的创建人之一。
• VERB 失败;崩溃;垮掉
  If something such as a plan or projectfounders, it fails because of a particular point, difficulty, or problem.
  1. The talks have foundered, largely because of the reluctance of some members of the government to do a deal with criminals.
     对话已经破裂了，原因主要是因为一些政府成员不愿意和犯罪分子达成协议。
• VERB (船只)沉没
  If a shipfounders, it fills with water and sinks.
  1. Three ships foundered in heavy seas.
     三艘船在波涛汹涌的海面上沉没了。

双语例句

• They override agreements entered into voluntarily by founders and investors.
  它们推翻了创始人和投资者自愿达成的协议。
• Professor Yang Chengzong is one of the founders of radiochemistry in China.
  杨承宗教授是我国放射化学的奠基人。
• We know about immigrant founders at large technology companies, such as Intel, Google and eBay.
  我们都知道，一些大型科技企业的创始人都是移民，如英特尔、谷歌和电子港湾。
• The genius of our founders is that they designed a system of government that can be changed.
  我们奠基者们的天才之处在于他们设计了可变革的政体。
• But a divorce really ends a company. A divorce between founders really ends a company.
  但是分裂真的会终止一个公司，一个，建立者之间的分裂会终结一个公司。
• There is indeed a theory that jerks or assholes make the most successful founders/ CEOs.
  确实有一种理论认为，令人讨厌的人或混蛋可以成为最成功的创始人和CEO。
• The Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin have also expressed personal interest in space exploration.
  谷歌创始人拉里·佩奇（Larrypage）和谢尔盖·布林（SergeyBrin）也曾表达过对于太空探索的个人兴趣。
• Most founders aren't willing to do that, and so that gave us more confidence in him.
  大部分创始人都不愿意这样做，所以这让我们对他更有信心了。
• We funded them because we liked the founders so much.
  我们投资它，只是因为我们太喜欢他的创始人了。
• The founders of our religion made this a cornerstone of morality.
  我们宗教的创始人把这看作是道德的基石。