oun a person who starts an organization, institution, etc. or causes something to be built （组织、机构等的）创建者，创办者，发起人 the founder and president of the company 公司的创办人和总裁 verb of a plan, etc. 计划等 to fail because of a particular problem or difficulty 失败；破产 V ~ (on sth) written The project foundered after problems with funding. 这项计划因资金不足而失败。

The peace talks foundered on a basic lack of trust. 由于缺乏基本信任，和平谈判搁浅。

of a ship 船 to fill with water and sink 沉没 V ~ (on sth) written。