festering
present participle offester
| 单词 | festering |
| 释义 | festering present participle offester fester verb[I] uk/ˈfes.tər/us/ˈfes.tɚ/festerverb[I](INJURY)If acutor otherinjuryfesters, itbecomesinfectedandproducespus: a festeringsore Passing on illness & causing disease
festerverb[I](FEELING)If anargumentorbadfeelingfesters, itcontinuesso thatfeelingsofhateorlackofsatisfactionincrease: It'sbettertoexpressyourangerthanletit fester inside you. a festeringargument/dispute Increasing and intensifying
Examplesoffesteringfestering 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 afesteringcontroversy that unnecessarily diminishes the widespread acceptability of opportunity concerns. From theCambridge English Corpus Wounds at the hands of enemies can create afesteringanger that erodes one's spirit. From theCambridge English Corpus A national press portrayed images offestering, welfare-dependent ghettos where crime, drugs and female-headed families seemed to threaten the moral and social fabric. From theCambridge English Corpus Radowisky symbolized the specter of unknown foreign dangersfesteringin the largely immigrant urban crowd, influencing it, supported by it, and potentially inciting it to overt rebellion. From theCambridge English Corpus Sinatra contributed to this imagery with public pronouncements intended to emphasize his career successes, but which instead suggested an unwillingness to relinquish afesteringsense of bitterness. From theCambridge English Corpus The people look after these homes extremely well, but the moment they leave their doorsteps they emerge on to eroded stairs and besidefesteringwalls. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This is to be a plaster to cover upfesteringsores, to bolster up the export trade. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Those areas arefesteringand piled high with rubbish. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It never did so in any effective way, and this sore has gone onfesteringfor the best part of a decade. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Nor can we tackle the sore of unemployment which isfesteringon the body of our economy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It was leftfesteringuntil the present outbreak almost inevitably arose. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is no good the parties concerned imagining that they can simply leave this problem to gofesteringon. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Blackmailing threats of resignation indicate a weakness which is a running sore already and will develop into afesteringboil. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English Any misunderstanding between us will always be afesteringsore in the body politic of the world. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 One is that we should not have afesteringmass of people becoming increasingly bitter and disillusioned and bored. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen 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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