She went into labour an hour ago.

一小时前就开始阵痛了。

It can be a persistent ache or a sudden shooting burn.

可能是持续性的阵痛或突的刺痛。

China may be ambitious and proud, but it is still in the throes of modernisation; it knows that its continued rise depends for now on the present order.

国可能野心勃勃，心存高远，但是其仍旧处于现代化的阵痛；国很清楚，其现今的持续发展有赖与当前稳定的秩序。

They realized that his pain made sense — it was hard for him to see it in the throes of his depression, but actually, it had perfectly understandable causes in his life.

他们认到他的痛苦合情合理——身处沮丧的阵痛，他本人很难看出这一点，但确实，这是他生活完全可以理解的原因。

Yeah, the contractions are getting closer together.

对啊，阵痛的间隔越来越短了。

What held me back was the sure and terrible knowledge that most of them would take to the task with enthusiasm. Some might actually weep while in the throes of composition.

但我确信，他们的大多数将会满怀热情地接受这项作业任务，有的甚至会在创作的阵痛流下热泪。意到这一可怕的情况才使我止住了这种冲动。

The sustained downward pressure on the economy is quite large, we are currently experiencing inevitable and unavoidable pain in the transformation and upgrading process, especially some chemical industries are experiencing difficulties in operation. We won't avoid these difficulties.

国内深层次结构性矛盾凸显，经济下行压力较大，转型升级过程伴随阵痛，尤其是一些行业的企业生产经营困难。我们不回避困难。

Others said their shopping habits were unchanged by the tariffs announcement, largely because they had patience and trust in the president's long game, and figured that any short-term pain, including potential cost increases, would work itself out.

其他人表示，关税宣布并未改变他们的购物习惯，主要是因为他们对总统的长远策略抱有耐心和信任，并认为包括潜在成本上涨在内的任何短期阵痛都会自行化解。

Every once in a while, sudden soreness triggered a twinge of discomfort and shame. Whoever said the soul and the body met in the pineal gland was a fool. It's the asshole, stupid.

每隔一阵，阵痛就会触发强烈的羞耻感。认为灵魂与肉体的交会点在松果体75的人，都是傻瓜。笨蛋。

At one point, I needed help through a contraction but couldn't get anyone's attention because they were all on the other side of the room, showing family photos to my doctor.

我一度希望他们帮我挺过一次次阵痛，但没人注意到我，他们都在房间的另一侧给医生看家庭相册。

The concern is that without some kind of an agreement, there could be disruption at the borders with Europe and a lot of economic pain.

目前的担忧是，如果无法达成脱欧协议，那可能会造成英国边界的混乱，并使英国出现经济上的阵痛。

Migraines experienced on Earth are often throbbing, and last four to seven hours, along with symptoms like nausea, vomiting and sensitivity to light and sound, Van Oosterhout said.

范·奥斯特豪特说，在地球上经历的偏头痛通常是阵痛，持续四到七个小时，同时伴有恶心、呕吐和对光和声音敏感等症状。

In 1934, the Soviet countryside was already in the throes of a Stalinist agricultural shakeup that resulted in a whole ton of poverty and famine.

1934年，苏联农村已经处于斯大林式农业变革的阵痛之，出现了大量的贫困和饥荒。

The man roared like a bull when a splinter was in his finger, and the woman muffled the moans of childbirth, lest she disturb him.

男人只要手上扎了根刺便会像公牛般大声吼叫，而女人连生孩子时的阵痛也得忍气吞声，生怕打搅了他。

These early labour pains show that the womb is preparing itself for birth. - Dr Clarkson, I'm afraid lord Grantham doesn't enjoy medical detail.

孕妇的早期阵痛表明子宫在为生产做准备。- 克拉克森医生，恐怕格兰瑟姆伯爵不会想听医学细节。

" What? Oh—brilliant! " said Harry, trying to smile naturally, while his heart continued to race and his hand throbbed and bled.

“什么？哦——太棒了！”哈利说，努力使自己笑得自一些，而他的心还在怦怦地狂跳，手还在突突地阵痛，还在流血。

Mr Bartlett held influential economic positions during the country's last great spasm of reform in the 1980s, but he is now held an apostate by many Republicans, for whom the only acceptable tax changes are cuts.

在上世纪80年代的美国改革阵痛，巴特莱特先生确立了他在经济领域的重要地位，而现在许多共和党人视他为“叛徒”，因为唯一可以接受的税改方案因他而被删除。

She's starting to have labor pains

她开始阵痛了。

I took a couple pictures of her, just for the buddies, Hey, look at my better half in pain.

我给她拍了几张照片，我给朋友们看，告诉他们：嘿，看我爱人出现阵痛了。

So I was, as usual it happens when you never expect it, and it came a couple of days earlier than we thought, and she had labor pains at about 4 o'clock in the morning.

当时一切正常，你完全没有想到，生产时间比预产期提前了几天，她在凌晨四点出现了产前阵痛。