fester

verb

1. 化脓；溃烂
   to become badly infected
   1. festering sores/wounds
      脓疮；化脓伤口
2. 更加苦恼；愈益恶化
   to become much worse because you do not deal with them successfully

1. VERB (局势、问题或情感)恶化，激化,加剧
   If you say that a situation, problem, or feeling is 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
2. VERB 化脓;溃烂
   If a wound festers, 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。
3. VERB (食物)腐烂，腐坏，烂掉
   If you say that food is 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

1. Resentments are starting to fester.
   仇恨开始日益加深。
2. The wound is festering, and gangrene has set in
   伤口在溃烂，已经生了坏疽。
3. Many of the children are afflicted by festering sores.
   很多孩子深受溃烂创痛的折磨。
4. The chops will fester and go to waste.
   猪排会腐烂，给糟蹋掉。
5. The wound did not fester.
   伤口未溃烂。
6. 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。
7. 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。
8. A broken bone can heal, but the wound a word opens can fester forever.
   骨头断了可以治愈好，但是言语造成的伤害将会一直恶化下去。
9. 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。
10. We don't want to allow the situation to fester.
    我们不想使形势更加恶化。
11. But letting it fester will destroy your momentum.
    但是让其继续发展下去会毁坏你的动力。
12. 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。
13. 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。
14. We have been talking about this all year, but it is just being allowed to fester.
    一整年我们都在讨论这个问题，但还是坐视问题日益恶化。
15. This wound will fester unless you try to sort things out between you.
    如果你不解决你们两人之间的事情，问题会更糟。
16. If you allow them to, negative thoughts can fester and lead to serious depression.
    要是你任由消极的思想蔓延，你就会陷入严重的沮丧情绪。
17. 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。
18. 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。
19. The trouble with the old system is it is too easy for institutions to deny problems that allow systemic risks to fester and grow.
    旧体系的问题在于：机构太容易否认那些让系统风险滋生并扩大的问题了。
20. It can corrade glass, burn skin and make skin fester and make injury hard to heal up.
    能侵蚀玻璃，能灼伤皮肤而使之溃烂，伤口愈合极慢。
21. That undermines efficient capital allocation and allows excesses to fester.
    这严重破坏了市场配置资本作为资源的效率。
22. A dirty wound will probably fester.
    一个弄赃了的伤口，可能会化脓。
23. 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！
24. 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。
25. If you allow a wound to get dirty, it will probably fester.
    假如你让伤口脏了，将会化脓。
26. Or fester like a sore? And then run?
    或像溃烂的疮口流着脓水？
27. Our wounds will continue to fester and never heal.
    就永远无法修复自己的创伤，伤口会继续溃烂，永不愈合。

noun

1. a sore that has become inflamed and formed pus

   Synonym:    suppurating sore

verb

1. ripen and generate pus
   1. her wounds are festering

   Synonym:    maturatesuppurate