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Years of trying to lure outside capital and know-how, however, foundered.

然而多年吸引外资和技术的努力归于失败。

Before Deepwater Horizon foundered there had not been a big leak from an offshore oil well for 40 years.

在深水地平线号出事前，那里已有40年未出现一起近海油井严重泄漏的事件。

Much of the animal-intelligence research of that era ultimately foundered before an onslaught of skeptics.

在那个时代，许多对动物智力的研究最终都因敌不住怀疑论者的攻击而失败。

Witnesses say the boat foundered in heavy seas as passengers stampeded to board inflatable life rafts.

目击者说，船作为自乱阵脚登上救生筏充气乘客波涛汹涌的海面沉没。

The UN says the ship foundered off the coast of Libya late last week, but the witness accounts are only emerging now.

联合国表示，这艘船只于上周末在利比亚海岸沉没，但是目击者称看到了失事船只的残骸及遇难者遗体漂浮于海上的情景。

Negotiations over the federal constitution almost foundered on the subject of the Murray-Darling.

关于修改联邦宪法的谈判几乎在墨累-达令问题上崩盘。

Sadly, an attempt to reform the legal profession this week foundered on the self-interest of lawyers in the Italian parliament.

遗憾的是，本周改革法律业的努力被意大利议会中的律师议员出于私利否决。

It eventually foundered due to widely differing expectations of the two parties, then Microsoft and American Express Travel Services.

然而由于双方（指微软和美国运通旅行服务）在未来的期望方面出现了广泛的分歧，这家公司最后以失败告终。

The boat foundered on rocks near the harbour.

船在港口附近触礁沉没。

Its fragile efforts to revive foundered when payment disputes with suppliers halted production and its CEO abruptly resigned.

萨博和供应商发生付款纠纷之后，汽车被迫停产，加之首席执行官突然辞职，使得其图谋复兴的努力付诸东流。

The Democrats' dream that the country was on the verge of a 1960s-style liberal renaissance foundered in the mid-terms.

民主党人梦想这个国家处于遭到破坏的，1960年代式自由主义复兴的边缘。

It foundered during the turmoils accompanying the Great Migrations.

它在随着民族大迁徙而出现的混乱中崩溃。

The former's bid for America to unilaterally impose its will on the rest of the world has foundered on military and diplomatic realities.

前者把美国的意志单方面强加给世界其他国家的努力因为军事和外交的现实已经破产了。

But several attempts at tax reform over the past decade have foundered in the face of entrenched political resistance.

但在顽固的政治阻挠之下，过去十年间的几项税制改革最后还是流产了。

Parallels between the Titanic and the banks and companies that foundered in the financial and economic crisis are numerous.

泰坦尼克号（Titanic）与金融和经济危机中垮掉的银行及公司存在许多相似之处。

Most attempts at addressing these questions have foundered because such information is not available.

大部分试图解决这些问题的尝试都未能如愿，因为这些数据信息很难找到。

A carbon-trading scheme, which was supposed to be a pioneering showcase, has so far foundered.

被期待为开拓性展示物的温室气体排放贸易制度已经建立。

The talks foundered, in part because South Korean officials had told the Korean public for weeks they would make no compromises.

但谈判出现破裂，原因之一是韩国官员连续数周向韩国公众表示，不会在谈判中让步。

In Poland Shaikh's mental state worsened after a relationship with a new girlfriend foundered.

在波兰和一位新女友的关系破裂后，谢赫的精神状况更加恶化。

if this one foundered , weeks and possibly months would accrue before another major drive could be initiated.

这一次要是依然不能得手，再要筹措一次大规模的进攻起码又得几个星期以至几个月。