| 词汇 | festering |
| 释义 | festering present 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 festeringfestering In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The result of this amalgam of principles is a festering controversy that unnecessarily diminishes the widespread acceptability of opportunity concerns. Wounds at the hands of enemies can create a festering anger that erodes one's spirit. A national press portrayed images of festering, welfare-dependent ghettos where crime, drugs and female-headed families seemed to threaten the moral and social fabric. Radowisky symbolized the specter of unknown foreign dangers festering in the largely immigrant urban crowd, influencing it, supported by it, and potentially inciting it to overt rebellion. Sinatra contributed to this imagery with public pronouncements intended to emphasize his career successes, but which instead suggested an unwillingness to relinquish a festering sense of bitterness. The people look after these homes extremely well, but the moment they leave their doorsteps they emerge on to eroded stairs and beside festering walls. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is to be a plaster to cover up festering sores, to bolster up the export trade. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Those areas are festering and piled high with rubbish. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It never did so in any effective way, and this sore has gone on festering for the best part of a decade. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Nor can we tackle the sore of unemployment which is festering on the body of our economy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was left festering until the present outbreak almost inevitably arose. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is no good the parties concerned imagining that they can simply leave this problem to go festering on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Blackmailing threats of resignation indicate a weakness which is a running sore already and will develop into a festering boil. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Any misunderstanding between us will always be a festering sore in the body politic of the world. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One is that we should not have a festering mass of people becoming increasingly bitter and disillusioned and bored. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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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