death throes

英 [ˈdeθ θrəʊz]

美 [ˈdeθ θroʊz]

n.  临终; 末日; 最后阶段; 临终的剧痛; 死前的挣扎

牛津词典

noun

• 临终；末日；最后阶段
  the final stages of sth just before it comes to an end
  1. The regime is now in its death throes.
     这一政权大势已去。
• 临终的剧痛；死前的挣扎
  violent pains and movements at the moment of death

柯林斯词典

• N-PLURAL (彻底失败或终结前的)垂死挣扎
  Thedeath throes ofsomething are its final stages, just before it fails completely or ends.
  1. Their work is a despairing metaphor for a society in its death throes...
     他们的作品是对一个正在作垂死挣扎的社会的绝望隐喻。
  2. The dead tycoon's sons will remain in their plush offices overseeing the death throes of the family empire.
     这位已故大亨的儿子们将坐在豪华的办公室里，目睹这个家族帝国崩溃前的痛苦挣扎。
• （人或动物）临死前痛苦的挣扎
  If a person or animal isintheirdeath throes, they are dying and making violent, uncontrolled movements, usually because they are suffering great pain.

双语例句

• Thankfully, his two advisors were kind-hearted: one gave the king a rifle filled with blanks, and the other dressed as a "peasant", acting out death throes when he was" shot ".
  幸好，他的两个善良的顾问，一个给国王枪支，另一个扮作农仆假装被国王射杀而死。
• While still a graduate student, Hawking became fascinated by black holes, the bizarre objects created during the death throes of large stars.
  还在当研究生的时候，他就对研究黑洞现象巨大星体泯灭过程中产生的奇怪物体入了迷。
• We watched the death throes of the bird which had flown into the window.
  我们看见了一只飞进窗内的小鸟在垂死挣扎。
• When thisbe returned to join her boy-friend, she found him writhing in his death throes she showered tears and kisses on his cold pale face, hoping to caress him back to life.
  当提斯柏返回来准备与恋人相聚时，只见他倒在地上，正在临死前痛苦挣扎。她泪如泉涌，疯狂地在他那冰冷苍白的脸上亲吻，希望能挽回爱人的生命。
• By 1740 European feudalism was in its death throes.
  到1740年，欧洲的封建主义摇摇欲坠。
• The creature went into its death throes.
  这小生命到了临终疼痛阶段。
• The dead tycoon's sons will remain in their plush offices overseeing the death throes of the family empire.
  这位已故大亨的儿子们将坐在豪华的办公室里，目睹这个家族帝国崩溃前的痛苦挣扎。
• These death throes fish out asthmatically, because the digital world is a markedly different place.
  这些垂死挣扎的鱼拼命喘着气，因为数字世界是一个截然不同的地方。
• But there was a reason why no buyer could be found in this universe. Lehman was a firm in its death throes.
  但在现实空间，有一个原因导致他们找不到买主：雷曼当时已在垂死挣扎。
• In a massive star's death throes, it can blast most of its outer material into space.
  在一个巨大星球的垂死挣扎时，它可能将自己大部分外层物质炸入太空。