foundering

常见例句

The committee thus risks foundering on the same rock as its predecessors.
委员会因此像它的先驱一样冒险地在同一处碰壁。
With global climate-change negotiations foundering, the prospects of raising cash for REDD that way look poor.
由于就全球气候变化的谈判破裂，通过这种方式来为REDD集资前景堪忧。
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.
赞比亚的总统Levy Mwanawasa坦率地提到这个问题：他把津巴布韦比作泰坦尼克号的沉没，并且说平和的外交手段已经没用了。

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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