1 N-PLURAL [usually with poss] (彻底失败或终结前的)垂死挣扎 The death throes of something are its final stages, just before it fails completely or ends. (彻底失败或终结前的)垂死挣扎 [literary]
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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。
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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。
2 N-PLURAL [oft in poss N] （人或动物）临死前痛苦的挣扎 If a person or animal is in their death throes, they are dying and making violent, uncontrolled movements, usually because they are suffering great pain. （人或动物）临死前痛苦的挣扎
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