| 单词 | death throes |
| 释义 | death throesˈdeath throes noun [plural] 1 FAILthe final stages before something fails or ends 〔某事失败或终结前的〕最后阶段 The peace pact seems to be in its death throes. 和平条约被撕毁的日子似乎已经不远了。 2. DIEsudden violent movements that people sometimes make when they are dying 临终前的痛苦挣扎 Examples from the Corpus death throes• He leaps and plunges like a wounded stag through agonizing death throes.• Its reflexes and death throes would cause it to fly.• He screamed as loudly as his horse that was now blocking the high road with its failing death throes.• It is a star in serious trouble, with bright bloated lobes of gas swelling off it, announcing its death throes.• The regime seems to be in its death throes.• The Jet Ranger arced upwards, a big prehistoric pterodactyl lurching blindly in its death throes.• Not quite, but this looks suspiciously like the death throes. in its death throes• The Jet Ranger arced upwards, a big prehistoric pterodactyl lurching blindly in its death throes.• Nobody was shooting, they were all watching the helicopter in its death throes.• The rouble zone is in its death throes. |
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