throes
throes
英[θrəʊz]美[θroʊz]
n.剧痛（如分娩时的阵痛），挣扎；
例句
The creature went into its death throes.这小生命到了临终疼痛阶段。
The country is in the throes of a general election.该国正忙于大选。
The dead tycoon's sons will remain in their plush offices overseeing the death throes of the family empire.这位已故大亨的儿子们将坐在豪华的办公室里，目睹这个家族帝国崩溃前的痛苦挣扎。
By 1740 European feudalism was in its death throes.到1740年,欧洲的封建主义摇摇欲坠.
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。
The country is in the throes of a general election...该国正忙于大选。
...the agonising throes of transition.过渡时期的煎熬
...when the country was going through the final throes of civil war.当时这个国家正处在内战*后的痛苦关头
词组
in the throes of
in the middle of doing or dealing with something very difficult or painful处于…困境（或痛苦）中柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
N-PLURAL
(尤指*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 the throes of it, especially when it is in its final stages.
例句
...when the country was going through the final throes of civil war.当时这个国家正处在内战*后的痛苦关头...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 are in the throes of doing or experiencing something, especially something difficult, you are busy doing it or are deeply involved in it.
例句
The country is in the throes of a general election...该国正忙于大选。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。英英词典释义
Noun
1. violent pangs of suffering;
"death throes"
