fester

英 [ˈfestə(r)]

美 [ˈfestər]

v.  化脓; 溃烂; 更加苦恼; 愈益恶化

现在分词：festering　过去式：festered　复数：festers　过去分词：festered　第三人称单数：festers　

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Collins.1 / BNC.24565 / COCA.22086

牛津词典

verb

• 化脓；溃烂
  to become badly infected
  1. festering sores/wounds
     脓疮；化脓伤口
• 更加苦恼；愈益恶化
  to become much worse because you do not deal with them successfully

柯林斯词典

• VERB (局势、问题或情感)恶化，激化,加剧
  If you say that a situation, problem, or feelingis festering, you disapprove of the fact that it is being allowed to grow more unpleasant or full of anger, because it is not being properly recognized or dealt with.
  1. Resentments are starting to fester.
     仇恨开始日益加深。
  2. ...festering wounds of the legacy of British imperialism.
     英帝国主义遗留的日益恶化的创伤
• VERB 化脓;溃烂
  If a woundfesters, it becomes infected, making it worse.
  1. The wound is festering, and gangrene has set in...
     伤口在溃烂，已经生了坏疽。
  2. Many of the children are afflicted by festering sores.
     很多孩子深受溃烂创痛的折磨。
• VERB (食物)腐烂，腐坏，烂掉
  If you say that foodis festering, you mean that it is decaying in a very unpleasant way.
  1. The chops will fester and go to waste.
     猪排会腐烂，给糟蹋掉。
  2. ...stale sauces festering in fridges.
     变味的酱在冰箱里腐坏

英英释义

noun

• a sore that has become inflamed and formed pus
  Synonym:suppurating sore

verb

• ripen and generate pus
  1. her wounds are festering
  Synonym:maturatesuppurate

双语例句

• That undermines efficient capital allocation and allows excesses to fester.
  这严重破坏了市场配置资本作为资源的效率。
• Separate rows between Greece and Turkey over tiny islets in the Aegean continue to fester.
  希腊和土耳其之间的关于这个小岛争夺战在爱琴海地区继续白热化。
• One day, after drink, he wailed bitterly to Yihe and me that, his internal organs had started to fester!
  有一天，在酒后，他痛哭着对我和骆一禾说，他的内脏开始溃烂了！
• The chops will fester and go to waste.
  猪排会腐烂，给糟蹋掉。
• A broken bone can heal, but the wound a word opens can fester forever.
  骨头断了可以治愈好，但是言语造成的伤害将会一直恶化下去。
• Many of the children are afflicted by festering sores.
  很多孩子深受溃烂创痛的折磨。
• Or fester like a sore? And then run?
  或像溃烂的疮口流着脓水？
• The wound is festering, and gangrene has set in
  伤口在溃烂，已经生了坏疽。
• But letting it fester will destroy your momentum.
  但是让其继续发展下去会毁坏你的动力。
• They resolve arguments rather than letting things fester.
  他们解决争端而不是放任事情一再恶化。