founders是什么意思？

founders

• n. 创始人( founder的名词复数 )；

例句

• a wife and husband who are joint founders of the company 作为这家公司联合创建人的一对夫妇
• 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.
• 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。
• 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。

英语六级真题

But we have never built a spreadsheet (电子数据表) outlining the financial benefits of this, and I have never had to justify the amount I am spending to the company's founders.
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柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  创办人;创立者;奠基者
  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.
  例句
  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 project founders, it fails because of a particular point, difficulty, or problem.
  例句
  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 ship founders, it fills with water and sinks.
  例句
  Three ships foundered in heavy seas. 三艘船在波涛汹涌的海面上沉没了。