throe

1. Indeed, this is precisely what one would expect from an oil era entering a long, slow death throe: each time output throttles up, oil prices rebound, purchasing power drops and the economy stalls.
   事实上，这正是石油时代进入漫长而缓慢的濒危状态人们预期会看到的情形：每次产出加大油门，就会导致油价反弹，购买力下降，经济停滞。
2. Unbalanced throe phase currents widely exist in rural electric network and low-voltage power supply for urban buildings.
   在农网或城网民用低压供电系统中，三相间不平衡电流普遍存在。
3. 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。
4. As a result, it showed that the form of top throe leaves were different among varieties on leaf length, leaf width and leaf area.
   结果表明：功能叶的长、宽、面积的配置关系存在品种差异；
5. Coming through the throe from the real estate industry bubble-bursting in 90s, the real estate industry has made a onrushing progress.
   近年，在经历了90年代房地产泡沫破裂的阵痛之后，我国房地产业得到了迅猛的发展，各地房地产开发如火如荼。
6. Niche construction shows throe differences from ecosystem engineering;
   生态位构建与生态系统工程之间存在三个层面的差异；

noun

1. severe spasm of pain
   1. the throes of dying
   2. the throes of childbirth

2. hard or painful trouble or struggle
   1. a country in the throes of economic collapse