throes

英 [θrəʊz]

美 [θroʊz]

n.  (尤指死亡时的)剧痛

GRE

Collins.1 / COCA.14716

习惯用语

n.

in the throes of sth/of doing sth
• 正在做，正忙于（尤指困难或复杂的活动）
  in the middle of an activity, especially a difficult or complicated one
• The country was in the throes of revolutionary change.
  国家正处于革命动荡中。

牛津词典

noun

• （尤指死亡时的）剧痛
  violent pains, especially at the moment of death
  1. The creature went into its death throes.
     这小生命到了临终疼痛阶段。

柯林斯词典

• N-PLURAL (尤指最后阶段的)困境,痛苦
  If someone is experiencing something very unpleasant or emotionally painful, you can say that they are in thethroesof it, especially when it is in its final stages.
  1. ...when the country was going through the final throes of civil war.
     当时这个国家正处在内战最后的痛苦关头
  2. ...the agonising throes of transition.
     过渡时期的煎熬
• PREP-PHRASE 正忙于…;处于…困境之中
  If you arein the throes ofdoing or experiencing something, especially something difficult, you are busy doing it or are deeply involved in it.
  1. The country is in the throes of a general election...
     该国正忙于大选。
  2. Despite being in the throes of school exams, Tamsin made the long trek from Liverpool.
     虽然还要忙着准备学校的考试，塔姆辛还是完成了从利物浦出发的漫长而艰辛的跋涉。
• See also:death throes

英英释义

noun

• violent pangs of suffering
  1. death throes

双语例句

• When you're in the throes of new love, your prefrontal cortex also gets into the action, anticipating more time together and planning future events.
  当你陷入爱情的苦恼时，你的前额皮质也会活跃，你会期望更多的相处时间并对未来做出计划。
• The Ganges River was in the throes of one of the worst floods it had ever known.
  恒河遭受到一次空前大泛滥的苦难。
• England was in the throes of a parliamentary campaign.
  英国处于国会竞选的阵痛之中。
• When the ancient world was in its last throes, the ancient religions were overcome by Christianity.
  当古代世界走向灭亡的时候，古代的各种宗教就被基督教战胜了。
• Despite being in the throes of school exams, Tamsin made the long trek from Liverpool.
  虽然还要忙着准备学校的考试，塔姆辛还是完成了从利物浦出发的漫长而艰辛的跋涉。
• Jack was in the throes of preparing for final exams, so he forgot about my birthday.
  杰克在努力准备期末考，所以忘了我的生日。
• Huge impact force and inertia will be lying on the bunk of the Liu Xudong throwing up, when he first thing that strikes the left eyebrow throes a while, then blood will be covered in one eye sight.
  巨大的撞击力和惯性将躺在铺位上的刘旭东抛了起来，当时，他只觉左眉一阵巨痛，随即鲜血便遮住了左眼视线。
• Why can't we practise euthanasia to stop the throes?
  为什么不能用安乐死来结束他的痛苦？
• This country is in the throes of war.
  这个国家处于战争的痛苦中。
• Their work is a despairing metaphor for a society in its death throes
  他们的作品是对一个正在作垂死挣扎的社会的绝望隐喻。