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

• The wound did not fester.
  伤口未溃烂。
• The wound is festering, and gangrene has set in
  伤口在溃烂，已经生了坏疽。
• 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。
• Many of the children are afflicted by festering sores.
  很多孩子深受溃烂创痛的折磨。
• Have pity upon yourself and upon those who love you and do not let your wounds fester until you are poisoned against this world.
  不要让伤痛郁结在心里毁了自己，就是对爱你的人最大的怜悯了。
• If you allow a wound to get dirty, it will probably fester.
  假如你让伤口脏了，将会化脓。
• 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。
• Or fester like a sore? And then run?
  或像溃烂的疮口流着脓水？
• The chops will fester and go to waste.
  猪排会腐烂，给糟蹋掉。
• They also allowed problems in the banking system to fester rather than confront them directly.
  他们还任由银行系统中的问题恶化下去，而非直面它们。