英:/'θrəʊz/ 美:/'θroʊz/
GRE
n. 剧痛；痛苦的挣扎（throe的复数）
v. 苦苦挣扎；使受痛苦（throe的第三人称单数）
The throes of delivery were still fresh in her memory.
分娩时的剧痛还让她记忆犹新。
While other countries are in the throes of wars, the country is sitting on its laurels.
在其他国家在战争中挣扎时，这个国家正在坐享其成。
Anesthetics can appropriately alleviate the throes of childbirth.
麻药可以适当地减轻分娩时的阵痛。
The regime is now in its death throes.
这一政权大势已去。
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 country was in the throes of revolutionary change.
国家正处于革命动荡中。
They are not in the throes of deal this year.
今年他们并没有遭受交易之苦。
Throes 是一个名词（通常以复数形式出现），主要含义和用法如下：
生理剧痛
原指身体上的剧烈疼痛，尤其是分娩时的阵痛（如、7、9所述）。例如：
"the throes of childbirth"（分娩的阵痛）
比喻性挣扎或动荡
引申为处于某种困难、混乱或剧烈变化的阶段（常见于政治、经济、社会等场景）。例如：
"Greece is in the throes of an economic recession."（希腊正处于经济衰退的动荡中）
in the throes of...
表示“正在经历某种艰难或动荡的过程”，如：
"The country is in the throes of a general election."（该国正忙于大选）
"a couple in the throes of divorce"（经历混乱离婚的夫妻）
death throes
指“临终的痛苦”或“（制度、政权等）崩溃前的挣扎”：
"The regime is now in its death throes."（该政权已濒临崩溃）
多用于书面或正式语境，描述个人或集体经历的剧烈变化或痛苦阶段。需注意其复数形式（throes）更常见，单数形式（throe）极少单独使用。
名词
/θroʊz/
throes通常用来形容非常激烈或剧烈的情感或痛苦，特别是指长时间的痛苦过程。它通常与of连用，表示痛苦的对象或原因。
agony, anguish, torment, suffering, pain, misery
comfort, ease, relief, pleasure
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