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VERB
(局勢、問題或情感)惡化，激化,加劇
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.
例句
Resentments are starting to fester.
仇恨開始日益加深。
...festering wounds of the legacy of British imperialism.
英帝國主義遺留的日益惡化的創傷
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VERB
化膿;潰爛
If a wound festers, it becomes infected, making it worse.
例句
The wound is festering, and gangrene has set in...
傷口在潰爛，已經生了壞疽。
Many of the children are afflicted by festering sores.
很多孩子深受潰爛創痛的折磨。
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VERB
(食物)腐爛，腐壞，爛掉
If you say that food is festering, you mean that it is decaying in a very unpleasant way.
例句
The chops will fester and go to waste.
豬排會腐爛，給糟蹋掉。
...stale sauces festering in fridges.
變味的醬在冰箱里腐壞