英语词汇“founder”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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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.

As a noun, founder means "the beginner or originator of something." You might talk about the founder of a nation, the founder of club, or the founder of a website. As a verb, founder can mean “stumble,” like when you trip and fall, but more generally it means "collapse or fall apart." A sports team might founder by slumping on a ten-game losing streak; a ship that sinks in a bad storm can be said to have foundered at sea.

CHOOSE YOUR WORDS

flounder / founder

To flounder is to struggle, but to founder is to sink like a stone and fail. Both are fun as nouns, not so fun as verbs.

A flounder is a fish, but as a verb, it means to blunder about, to be in serious trouble. In the following examples, something is struggling but hasn't completely failed:

He set out for it, limping, while the sharp gravel rolled under his bleeding feet as he floundered up the climbing trail. (Harold Bindloss)

It is a war that has floundered for nine years without a rational strategy and may endure for another decade. (Sydney Morning Herald)

Just as he turned around that floundering business, he suggests, so too could he reverse the country's sagging fortunes as its chief executive. (Washington Post)

A founder is someone who starts something, but as a verb, founder literally means "to sink." Figuratively, it's "to collapse or fail completely." Here are some examples of sinking and failing:

Pratt resisted the impulse of most Mormons to head back to the foundering ship. (Salt Lake Tribune)

Xinhua, in an English-language commentary, said China could not stand by while its largest trading partner foundered. (Reuters)

Yet negotiations over new gas contracts have foundered. (Economist)

Flounder and founder are happy little nouns that don't get mixed up. But it all falls apart when they're verbs — if you're floundering, you're struggling. If you're foundering, you're failing completely. You're sunk! You can't even hold onto the letter l.

WORD FAMILY

founder: foundered, foundering, founders+/find: finder, finding, finds, found/finder: finders/finding: findings/found: foundation, founded, foundedly, founder, founding, founds/foundation: foundations/founded: unfounded/foundering: founderings/founding: foundings/unfounded: unfoundedly

USAGE EXAMPLES

“Expect the unexpected,” said Sabine Kaiser, founder of SKadvisory, which advises family offices on venture capital and private equity.

Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017)

One of the founders of the lab was born and trained in China before immigrating to the United States.

Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016)

Han, Teforia’s founder, acknowledges that the whole process and price tag might seem like overkill to the average tea drinker.

Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017)

n a person who founds or establishes some institution

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beginner, father, founding father

Sir Walter Raleigh

English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia; introduced potatoes and tobacco to England (1552-1618)

Cecil John Rhodes

British colonial financier and statesman in South Africa; made a fortune in gold and diamond mining; helped colonize the territory now known as Zimbabwe; he endowed annual fellowships for British Commonwealth and United States students to study at Oxford University (1853-1902)

cofounder

one of a group of founders

coloniser, colonizer

someone who helps to found a colony

foundress

a woman founder

conceiver, mastermind, originator

someone who creates new things

1v sink below the surface

Hyper

go down, go under, settle, sink

go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"

2v break down, literally or metaphorically

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

break, cave in, collapse, fall in, give, give way
abandon, give up

stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims

burst, collapse

cause to burst

go off, implode

burst inward

buckle, crumple

fold or collapse

flop

fall loosely

break

curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves

sink, slide down, slump

fall or sink heavily

change

undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature

3v fail utterly; collapse

The project foundered

Syn|Hyper

fall flat, fall through, flop

fail, go wrong, miscarry

be unsuccessful

4v stumble and nearly fall

the horses foundered

Hyper

stumble, trip

miss a step and fall or nearly fall

n a worker who makes metal castings

Hypo|Hyper

bell founder

a person who casts metal bells

skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker

a worker who has acquired special skills

n inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse

Syn|Hyper

laminitis

inflammation, redness, rubor

a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat

单词	founder
释义	founder (once / 276 pages) 1n 2v 3n 4n 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. As a noun, founder means "the beginner or originator of something." You might talk about the founder of a nation, the founder of club, or the founder of a website. As a verb, founder can mean “stumble,” like when you trip and fall, but more generally it means "collapse or fall apart." A sports team might founder by slumping on a ten-game losing streak; a ship that sinks in a bad storm can be said to have foundered at sea. CHOOSE YOUR WORDS flounder / founder To flounder is to struggle, but to founder is to sink like a stone and fail. Both are fun as nouns, not so fun as verbs. A flounder is a fish, but as a verb, it means to blunder about, to be in serious trouble. In the following examples, something is struggling but hasn't completely failed: He set out for it, limping, while the sharp gravel rolled under his bleeding feet as he floundered up the climbing trail. (Harold Bindloss) It is a war that has floundered for nine years without a rational strategy and may endure for another decade. (Sydney Morning Herald) Just as he turned around that floundering business, he suggests, so too could he reverse the country's sagging fortunes as its chief executive. (Washington Post) A founder is someone who starts something, but as a verb, founder literally means "to sink." Figuratively, it's "to collapse or fail completely." Here are some examples of sinking and failing: Pratt resisted the impulse of most Mormons to head back to the foundering ship. (Salt Lake Tribune) Xinhua, in an English-language commentary, said China could not stand by while its largest trading partner foundered. (Reuters) Yet negotiations over new gas contracts have foundered. (Economist) Flounder and founder are happy little nouns that don't get mixed up. But it all falls apart when they're verbs — if you're floundering, you're struggling. If you're foundering, you're failing completely. You're sunk! You can't even hold onto the letter l. WORD FAMILY founder: foundered, foundering, founders+/find: finder, finding, finds, found/finder: finders/finding: findings/found: foundation, founded, foundedly, founder, founding, founds/foundation: foundations/founded: unfounded/foundering: founderings/founding: foundings/unfounded: unfoundedly USAGE EXAMPLES “Expect the unexpected,” said Sabine Kaiser, founder of SKadvisory, which advises family offices on venture capital and private equity. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) One of the founders of the lab was born and trained in China before immigrating to the United States. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Han, Teforia’s founder, acknowledges that the whole process and price tag might seem like overkill to the average tea drinker. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 n a person who founds or establishes some institution Syn\|Exp\|Hypo\|Hyper beginner, father, founding father Sir Walter Raleigh English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia; introduced potatoes and tobacco to England (1552-1618) Cecil John Rhodes British colonial financier and statesman in South Africa; made a fortune in gold and diamond mining; helped colonize the territory now known as Zimbabwe; he endowed annual fellowships for British Commonwealth and United States students to study at Oxford University (1853-1902) cofounder one of a group of founders coloniser, colonizer someone who helps to found a colony foundress a woman founder conceiver, mastermind, originator someone who creates new things 2 1v sink below the surface Hyper go down, go under, settle, sink go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned" 2v break down, literally or metaphorically Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper break, cave in, collapse, fall in, give, give way abandon, give up stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims burst, collapse cause to burst go off, implode burst inward buckle, crumple fold or collapse flop fall loosely break curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves sink, slide down, slump fall or sink heavily change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature 3v fail utterly; collapse The project foundered Syn\|Hyper fall flat, fall through, flop fail, go wrong, miscarry be unsuccessful 4v stumble and nearly fall the horses foundered Hyper stumble, trip miss a step and fall or nearly fall 3 n a worker who makes metal castings Hypo\|Hyper bell founder a person who casts metal bells skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker a worker who has acquired special skills 4 n inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse Syn\|Hyper laminitis inflammation, redness, rubor a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat
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