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

• 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！
• 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。
• As long as this question goes unanswered the crisis will fester.
  只要这个问题还未得到解答，欧元区危机就会愈演愈烈。
• If you allow a wound to get dirty, it will probably fester.
  假如你让伤口脏了，将会化脓。
• Pent-up grievances fester, and the suppression of tribal and religious identity can lead to violence.
  被压抑的不满情绪会激起怨恨，压制部族和宗教的认同可能引发暴力反抗。
• The wound did not fester.
  伤口未溃烂。
• This allowed lack of trust in the US financial system to fester.
  这使得美国金融体系中缺乏信任的状况愈演愈烈。
• Or fester like a sore? And then run?
  或像溃烂的疮口流着脓水？
• Resentments are starting to fester.
  仇恨开始日益加深。
• 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。