throe

[美國]/θrəʊ/
[英國]/θro/
詞頻: 非常高

中文釋義

n. 陣痛;劇痛
vi. 使…痛苦
詞形
複數throes

短語搭配

throes of passion

激情中

throes of death

臨終時

throes of labor

分娩陣痛

例句

the throes of seasickness

暈船的痛苦

a friend was in the throes of a divorce.

有個朋友正處於離婚痛苦中。

undergo the throes of childbirth

臨產前的痛苦

a country in the throes of economic collapse.

掙扎於經濟崩潰的國家

The film’s about a country in the throes of change.

這部影片反映了一個處在變革動盪中的國家。

He’s in the throes of divorce at the moment.

他眼下正在鬧離婚。

he convulsed in his death throes .

他在臨終痛苦中翻來覆去。

By 1740 European feudalism was in its death throes.

到1740 年, 歐洲的封建主義搖搖欲墜。

3 At the present time the public health of our country has been seriously threatened after our country suffered cosmically foudroyant throe of the SARS, faced spreading of birds-flu virus.

我國經歷過SARS病毒大規模爆發的陣痛,目前又面臨着禽流感病毒蔓延的危機,公共健康受到嚴重的威脅。

原聲例句

Earth was in the throes of tectonic upheaval.

地球正處於板塊劇烈變化中。

來源: Jurassic Fight Club

But I was aware that my death throes had begun.

但我意識到我臨死的痛苦開始了。

來源: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Original Version)

Within the cloudy halls of Carina, Hubble detects the death throes of a massive star.

在船底座星雲雲霧遮撓的中心,哈勃探測到一個正在死亡的巨型恆星。

來源: The Final Frontier of the Hubble Space Telescope

In the throes of civil war.

在痛苦內戰中掙扎的這個國家。

來源: CNN Listening Collection July 2013

Is that right? Oh, yes, I-I, too, am in the throes of heartbreak.

真的嗎? 嗯,是的,我也有心痛的時候。

來源: The Big Bang Theory Season 7

One memorable moment was October 5th 2008, in the first throes of the financial crisis.

2008年10月5日令人記憶深刻,那是金融海嘯的第一波衝擊,銀行擠兌迫在眉睫。

來源: The Economist (Summary)

We want to throe open the windows and let in a bit of fresh air.

我們想打開窗戶,透進一些新鮮空氣。

來源: Yes, Minister Season 1

Born in throes, 't is fit that man should live in pains and die in pangs!

在劇痛中出生的人,合適在苦悶中生活,在痛苦中死去!

來源: Moby-Dick

I found a book by a man named Greg O'Brien, who's in the throes of Alzheimer's.

我找到了一本名叫格雷格·奧布萊恩的人寫的書,他患有阿爾茨海默氏症。

來源: People Magazine

It was the final throe of what called itself old gentility.

這是自稱爲古老紳士風度的最後陣痛。

來源: Seven-angled Tower (Part 1)

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