throe

🇬🇧/θrəʊ/ 🇺🇸/θroʊ/ 16GRE
a pang or pain 剧痛; 疼痛

noun [抽象名词]阵痛;剧痛

A pang of exquisite suffering - a throe of true despair - rent and heaved my heart.
一阵极度痛苦的剧痛 -- 一阵真正绝望的苦闷 -- 撕裂着和冲击着我的心.

verb [vi. 不及物动词]vi. 使……痛苦

But China must suffer the throe in the process of modernization.
这是中国现代化之路上,必须要付出的代价和承受的镇痛。

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