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vi. sth festers
不及物用法，主语常为伤口、疮等，表示化脓、溃烂。
The wound festered and became infected.
伤口化脓并感染了。
化脓；溃烂
festered — past of fester
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
化脓；溃烂
to become inflamed and produce pus
The wound festered and became infected.
伤口化脓并感染了。
化脓；腐烂。
To become septic; to become rotten.
(尤指因缺乏关注而)恶化。
To worsen, especially due to lack of attention.
使化脓；使怨恨。
To cause to fester or rankle.
fester
Base
原形
festers
3rd person
第三人称单数
festering
-ing
现在分词
festered
Past
过去式
festered
Past participle
过去分词
Wounds fester if they are kept damp.
伤口如果保持潮湿就会溃烂。
The sore festered and needed treatment.
疮溃烂了，需要治疗。
The conflict is festering despite the truce.
尽管有停火协议，冲突仍在恶化。
fester 既可指伤口化脓，也可指问题、矛盾等恶化。
If you don't clean the cut, it may fester and become painful.
如果你不清洗伤口，它可能会化脓并变得疼痛。
The small wound on his arm festered after he swam in the dirty water.
他在脏水里游泳后，胳膊上的小伤口溃烂了。
A dirty bandage can cause a minor scrape to fester overnight.
脏绷带会让轻微的擦伤在一夜之间化脓。
不及物用法，主语常为伤口、疮等，表示化脓、溃烂。
The wound festered and became infected.
伤口化脓并感染了。
及物用法表示“使（伤口）溃烂”，较为少见。
The dirty dressing festered the wound.
脏敷料使伤口溃烂了。
名词用法指脓疮或溃烂处，为可数名词。
A fester on his leg was painful.
他腿上的脓疮很疼。
Not this
The wound will faster if you don't clean it.
Use this
The wound will fester if you don't clean it.
fester 是动词，意为“溃烂、化脓”；faster 是 fast 的比较级，意为“更快”。此处需用动词 fester。
Not this
The wound is fester and needs to be treated.
Use this
The wound is festering and needs to be treated.
fester 是动词或名词，不能直接作形容词；描述伤口正在化脓时，应用现在分词 festering 作表语。
Not this
The wound will be festered if it gets dirty.
Use this
The wound will fester if it gets dirty.
此处表示伤口自行“化脓、溃烂”，是不及物动词的主动用法，不能用被动语态 be festered。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
化脓的伤口
A festering wound needs immediate medical attention.
化脓的伤口需要立即就医。
伤口化脓
If you don't clean a cut, the wound will fester.
如果你不清洗伤口，伤口会化脓。
溃烂的疮
The festering sore on his leg was painful.
他腿上的溃烂疮很疼。
化脓的脓肿
The doctor lanced the festering abscess.
医生切开了化脓的脓肿。
听任（问题、情绪等）恶化；不处理使其越来越糟
If you keep avoiding the argument, the tension will just fester.
如果你一直回避这次争吵，紧张气氛只会越来越糟。
比喻长期未解决、不断恶化的问题或伤痛
The unresolved border dispute remains a festering sore between the two countries.
悬而未决的边界争端仍是两国之间一个不断恶化的痛处。
日益加深的怨恨；郁积的怨气
Years of festering resentment finally ruined their friendship.
多年郁积的怨恨最终毁掉了他们的友谊。
Use festered naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
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记忆联想：fester 的开头 fes 像「废」，伤口废掉、腐烂化脓就是 fester，越想越严重。
语域：neutral 常见场景：医疗/伤口护理、日常口语描述身体不适 该义项通常用于伤口感染化脓的描写，语气比较中性；在医疗护理和日常口语中都可能出现。正式程度随语境略有变化，但词本身不偏向某一特定语域。
与 fester（/ˈfestə/）押韵的词：pester /ˈpestə/、jester /ˈdʒestə/、Chester /ˈtʃestə/。注意：faster 拼写相近，但发音为 /ˈfɑːstə/（英式）或 /ˈfæstər/（美式），与 fester 不押韵。
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