foundering

常見(jiàn)例句

The committee thus risks foundering on the same rock as its predecessors.
委員會(huì)因此像它的先驅(qū)一樣冒險(xiǎn)地在同一處碰壁。
With global climate-change negotiations foundering, the prospects of raising cash for REDD that way look poor.
由于就全球氣候變化的談判破裂，通過(guò)這種方式來(lái)為REDD集資前景堪憂(yōu)。
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.
贊比亞的總統(tǒng)Levy Mwanawasa坦率地提到這個(gè)問(wèn)題：他把津巴布韋比作泰坦尼克號(hào)的沉沒(méi)，并且說(shuō)平和的外交手段已經(jīng)沒(méi)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.
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Both mags recently ran big stories about the Bush presidency, presumed to be foundering, or even lost.
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