Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense festers, present participle festering, past tense, past participle festered
1VERB (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. (局势、问题或情感)恶化,激化,加剧 [disapproval]
Resentments are starting to fester. [VERB]
仇恨开始日益加深。
...festering wounds of the legacy of British imperialism. [VERB-ing]