foundering

基本解釋

The committee thus risks foundering on the same rock as its predecessors.
委員會因此像它的先敺一樣冒險地在同一処碰壁。
With global climate-change negotiations foundering, the prospects of raising cash for REDD that way look poor.
由於就全球氣候變化的談判破裂，通過這種方式來爲(wèi)REDD集資前景堪憂。
President Levy Mwanawasa of Zambia has put the matter bluntly: he compared Zimbabwe to the foundering of the Titanic, and said that quiet diplomacy had failed.
贊比亞的縂統(tǒng)Levy Mwanawasa坦率地提到這個問題：他把津巴佈韋比作泰坦尼尅號的沉沒，竝且說平和的外交手段已經(jīng)沒用了。

With global climate-change negotiations foundering, the prospects of raising cash for REDD that way look poor.
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The government also gets new authority to take over and unwind foundering companies deemed a systemic risk.
FORBES: As Senate Passes Financial Reform, Wall Street Braces For What Comes Next
Both mags recently ran big stories about the Bush presidency, presumed to be foundering, or even lost.
FORBES: The Future Is Here

The founder of an institution, organization, or building is the person who got it started or caused it to be built, often by providing the necessary money.
a person who makes metal castings
(in combination)
If something such as a plan or project founders, it fails because of a particular point, difficulty, or problem.
(of a ship) to sink