v .
to fail ; to collapse ; to sink 실패하다 ; 붕괴하다 ; 가라앉다

• The candidate's campaign for the presidency foundered when it was revealed that he had once been married to an orangutan.
• Zeke successfully struggled through the first part of the course but foundered when the final examination was given.
• The ship foundered shortly after its hull fell off.
  선체가 부서져 떨어져 나간 후 알마 안 가 배는 가라앉았다.
• Be careful not to confuse this word with flounder, which means to move clumsily or in confusion. Our field hocky team floundered helplessly around the field while the opposing team scored point after point.
  꼴사납게 움직이거나 당황하여 허둥대는 것을 의미하는 단어인 flounder 와 혼동하지 않도록 주의하라. 상대팀이 계소갯 점수를 올리는 동안 우리 필드하키 팀은 속수 무책으로 허둥대며 운동장을 돌아다녔다.
• The witness began to flounder as the attorney fired question after quiston.
  검사가 연달아 질문을 해대자 목격자는 당황하여 허둥대기 시작했다.
• If you want to remember the difference between the two words, think that when a person flounders, the is flopping around like a flounder.
  두 단어의 차이를 암기하기 원한다면 사람이 당황하여 허둥댈 때는 가자미처럼 퍼덕거린다고 생각하라.