throe
🇬🇧/θrəʊ/ 🇺🇸/θroʊ/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。
