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

• Many of the children are afflicted by festering sores.
  很多孩子深受溃烂创痛的折磨。
• We have been talking about this all year, but it is just being allowed to fester.
  一整年我们都在讨论这个问题，但还是坐视问题日益恶化。
• Resentments are starting to fester.
  仇恨开始日益加深。
• The trouble with the old system is it is too easy for institutions to deny problems that allow systemic risks to fester and grow.
  旧体系的问题在于：机构太容易否认那些让系统风险滋生并扩大的问题了。
• If you allow them to, negative thoughts can fester and lead to serious depression.
  要是你任由消极的思想蔓延，你就会陷入严重的沮丧情绪。
• This wound will fester unless you try to sort things out between you.
  如果你不解决你们两人之间的事情，问题会更糟。
• A dirty wound will probably fester.
  一个弄赃了的伤口，可能会化脓。
• This way, small problems do not fester into big ones.
  这样小问题就不会扩展为大问题了。
• It can corrade glass, burn skin and make skin fester and make injury hard to heal up.
  能侵蚀玻璃，能灼伤皮肤而使之溃烂，伤口愈合极慢。
• 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。