| 词汇 | fester |
| 释义 | fester verb[ I ] uk /ˈfes.tər/ us /ˈfes.tɚ/ festerverb[I] (INJURY)If a cut or other injury festers, it becomes infected and produces pus: （伤口）化脓，溃烂 a festering sore脓疮 Passing on illness & causing disease aerosolize avirulent communicability community transmission contact tracer contagion contagious epidemic infect infestation interepidemic interpandemic mediastinum non-communicable skin to skinidiom spreader super-spreader transferable transmissibility transmit festerverb[I] (FEELING)If an argument or bad feeling festers, it continues so that feelings of hate or lack of satisfaction increase: （争论或不快的感觉）加剧，恶化 It's better to express your anger than let it fester inside you.把愤怒表达出来比郁积在心里要好。 a festering argument/dispute愈益激化的争论／争端 Increasing and intensifying accretion accumulate accumulative accumulatively add fuel to the fireidiom blaze fade go into orbitidiom go up growing growingly heighten inflation mushroom ramp something up ratchet something up/down re-escalate re-escalation reach a crescendo stake fester | American Dictionaryfester verb[ I ] us/ˈfes·tər/ (of an injury such as a cut) to become infected and form pus (= thick yellow liquid) fig. If a bad situation such as an argument festers, it becomes worse because it is being ignored: It was better that she expressed her anger rather than let it fester inside her. Examples of festerfester Perhaps above all it is that expulsion that has festered for over half a century. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The issue could have festered for weeks, causing uncertainty and massive damage to the industry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We need those for their own sakes, but we must also ensure that progress in one area is not threatened by festering disputes in others. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A committee like that exists in an area to foresee local problems and to try to prevent them from festering or reaching flash-point. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 His hands would be a mass of sores and festers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Let the wounds you inflicted on her and the insults which are festering in her soul to-day heal, and perhaps time will bring a remedy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Discussions take place behind closed doors; the union representatives leak what was said, to the disadvantage of management; the process festers, and the situation deteriorates. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is it satisfactory that that matter festers and festers? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When it is what we might call ripe it is brought back, and another surgeon scrapes what we would call the festers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In addition, their social policies almost seem to create the conditions in which crime festers—bad housing, high unemployment and cuts in public sector provision. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The activities of these businesses are widespread and are festering all over the country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The consequence of his allowing this rebellion to succeed was that it grew and it festered. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In five years' time my colleagues could then argue that it is another quango, festering away. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Do not let it lie festering under the bandage of polite diplomacy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The slur, the stigma, created a sore, which rankled and festered. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of fester These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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