foundering 

  1. 名詞
不可數名詞: (船的)沉沒
陷落
岩漿蝕頂作用

    同義字詞
author,begetter,creator,establisher,father,founding father,generator,inaugurator,initiator,instituter,institutor,originator,sire

  2. 動詞
founder現在分詞:
不及物動詞:
計劃、事業等: 失敗|垮掉, 崩潰
(船)浸水而沉沒
馬、騎手: 蹣跚, 絆倒
及物動詞:
把...(動物)餵到走不動
(船)foundering on ...(礁等):
觸到...而沉沒

    同義字詞
bomb,collapse,fail,flop,flunk,fold,miss,tank,wash out
buckle,cave (in),collapse,crumple,give,go,go out,implode,tumble,yield

例句

  1. The system has been foundering .
  2. I have foundering care through my vaccination.
  3. She also towed the foundering Bertha to Barry, England.
  4. There is a difference between stopping and foundering .
  5. If a boat was foundering , salvors would step in and help.