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单词 throes
释义

throes

/θrəʊz /
plural noun
Intense or violent pain and struggle, especially accompanying birth, death, or great change: he convulsed in his death throes...
  • Do you think we are seeing the empire in its death throes?
  • If you look at what the dictionary says about throes, it can still be a violent period - the throes of a revolution.
  • Unable to bear the death throes of her love affair, she becomes by turns desperate and tenacious, acting out with unbridled fury.

Synonyms

agony, pain, paroxysm, pangs, suffering, torture, torment, anguish, distress, hardship, struggle
archaic travail
rare excruciation

Phrases

in the throes of

Origin

Middle English throwe (singular); perhaps related to Old English thrēa, thrawu 'calamity', influenced by thrōwian 'suffer'.

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