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

• The company founders include a husband-and-wife team, Tom Costello and Anna Patterson, as chief executive and president.
  Cuil公司创始人包括一对夫妻组合：汤姆•卡斯特罗（TomCostello）和安娜•帕特森（AnnaPatterson），分别担任首席执行官和总裁。
• All three founders state that cases on Brazil were an inspiration.
  三位创始人都说，巴西的国情触发了他们的灵感。
• In some listings, I have questioned the motives of the founders in taking the company public.
  我怀疑过一些公司的创始人将公司上市变成公众公司的动机。
• 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。
• 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 city's rather uncompromising bleakness is a permanent memorial to its dark and mysterious founders.
  这座城市毫不妥协的荒凉面貌是对其神秘莫测的创建者的永久纪念。
• Some have contacted the founders and they have hired several HBS alumni.
  有些与他们进行了接洽，他们也聘用了几位哈佛商学院的校友。
• 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。
• These and seven other female founders make up the 2013 class of fortune most powerful women entrepreneurs.
  这3位女性和其他7位女性创始人构成了2013年《财富》杂志最有影响力的女创业家（FortuneMostPowerfulWomenEntrepreneurs）的名单。
• But when they divvied up the power in their new creation, its founders practised some low numerical arts.
  但是当他们在新的创造物中分配权利时，他的创始人们犯了一些低级的数字方面的错误。