throes

throes /θrəʊz $ θroʊz/ noun [plural]

in the throes of something formalSUFFER in the middle of a very difficult situation 处于…的困境之中

a country in the throes of a profound economic crisis

一个陷于严重经济危机的国家

Examples from the Corpus

in the throes of something• Her boys were always in the throes of what she euphemistically called summer colic.• Even in the throes of laughing at some remark passed by Grace Bird, Bunny watched Geoffrey.• The pin-headed young woman was being surprised by her husband in the throes of simulated adultery.• She pitches her proposition in the throes of passionate lovemaking.• I have seen judges reeling in the throes of it.• At the time, Liberia was still in the throes of a civil war.• Ironically, those in the throes Of assimilating are likely to feel worse about them-selves than those on Union Street.• Last, those who in the throes of passion drop your clothes, then, stop to hang their trousers up.

→ death throes

Examples from the Corpus

throes• The Jet Ranger arced upwards, a big prehistoric pterodactyl lurching blindly in its death throes.• The rouble zone is in its death throes.• The other prime mover was that the slump is now in its dying throes.• She pitches her proposition in the throes of passionate lovemaking.• His large manufacturing company was in the throes of hard times.• Were we in the throes of a natural disaster?

Origin throes

Old English thrag “time”

throes noun

Chinese

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