throe

发音

英 [θrəʊ]word uk audio image

美 [θroʊ] word us audio image

  • n.
    (尤指分娩时的)阵痛, (临死时挣扎的)痛苦

单词词源

throe 剧痛,挣扎

来自中古英语 throwe,剧痛,尤指分娩的痛苦,临死前的挣扎,词源不详,可能来自古英语 thrawan,扭曲,挣扎,词源同 throw,torque.

双语例句

1. Indeed , this is precisely what one would expect from an oil era entering a long , slow death throe : each time output throttles up , oil prices rebound , purchasing power drops and the economy stalls .
事实上,这正是石油时代进入漫长而缓慢的濒危状态人们预期会看到的情形:每次产出加大油门,就会导致油价反弹,购买力下降,经济停滞。
2. Generally speaking , people in indonesia are still not mentally prepared to carry out democracy , and they are still probably enduring throe brought by political and economic transition for a long time .
总的来说,印尼人民还没有做好推行民主的思想准备,他们可能还要长期承受政治经济转型带来的阵痛。
3. And he felt the stir in him , like a throe of yearning pain , of the desire to paint these visions that flashed unsummoned on the mirror of his mind .
他感到一阵激动;要为她把自己内心的明镜上自然呈现的幻影描述出来,那是一种痛苦的渴望。

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