throes
n. 劇痛(如分娩時的陣痛); 掙扎
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.
...when the country was going through the final throes of civil war.
當時這個國家正處在內戰最後的痛苦關頭
...the agonising throes of transition.
過渡時期的煎熬
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.
The country is in the throes of a general election...
該國正忙於大選。
Despite being in the throes of school exams, Tamsin made the long trek from Liverpool.
雖然還要忙著準備學校的考試,塔姆辛還是完成了從利物浦出發的漫長而艱辛的跋涉。
1. violent pangs of suffering;
in the throes of
處於…困境(或痛苦)中
They were in the throes of revolution.
他們正致力於革命.
Always claiming to be in the throes of an uncontrollable impulse.
總是抱怨有無法控制的衝動劇痛.
During the throes and convulsions of the ancient world.
當舊世界經歷陣痛和騷動.
It is a gift , a gift to the 22 throes of Mordor.
這魔戒是送給垂死掙扎的魔朵的禮物.
Adolescent youth in throes of identity formation are particularly vulnerable to the lures of combat.
那些處於同樣情形下的青年人特別易於被捲入戰爭.