| 词汇 | festered |
| 释义 | festered past simple and past participle offester 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 epidemic harbour infect infected interepidemic interpandemic mediastinum non-communicable non-infected super-spreader transferable transmissibility transmissible transmit transmittable 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 crank 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 Examples of festeredfestered In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. With starvation rampant, disease soon festered, and cholera and typhoid epidemics added to the already high fatalities. Tensions festered but then broke forth in fresh calls for reform in which access to records was a point of practical and symbolic significance. That is the seedbed on which the present dispute has grown and festered. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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 It is one that has festered far too long. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There can then be no undercurrent of dissent festered by disenfranchisement. 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 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 The grievances have festered for seven or eight years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As the problems have festered, extremism has grown on all sides and will continue to do so if there is not a firm and perceptible move towards a settlement. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, most of the participants were not fully satisfied, and grievances regarding the results festered until they exploded in world war in 1914. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. This rage must have festered beneath that inexpressive exterior for years. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. This album has festered on me. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. This sense of betrayal on the northerners has festered into a groundswell of mistrust by the population against virtually any overtures from the government to the rebels. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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