| 单词 | throes |
| 释义 | throes (once / 3684 pages) n Did your team just lose the Super Bowl or the World Series? You're probably in the throes of despair — experiencing intense feelings of suffering and agitation. Although we normally associate the throes of some emotion or physical sensation to be an unpleasant state, that's not always the case. Some throes teeter on the borderline between delight and despair. Check out Bernini's sculpture in Rome of St. Theresa in the throes of spiritual ecstasy. Is she terrified or thrilled? Impossible to separate the two. She's in the throes. WORD FAMILYthroe: throes USAGE EXAMPLESThe gesture is, as Moscow replies, “the death throes of political corpses”. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) Libya is in the throes of a complex civil conflict involving multiple armed groups. New York Times(Dec 23, 2016) Roosevelt started his fireside chats during the throes of the Great Depression and continued them through almost the entirety of World War II. Time(Dec 09, 2016) n violent pangs of suffering death throes Hyper hurt, suffering feelings of mental or physical pain |
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