Earth was in the throes of tectonic upheaval.

地球正处于板块剧烈变化中。

There have been fractious exchanges on Tuesday between President Trump and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, who has said NATO is in the throes of brain death.

周二，特朗普总统和法国总统埃马纽埃尔·马克龙进行了激烈的交锋，马克龙称北约正处于“脑死亡”的挣扎之中。

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.

中国可能野心勃勃，心存高远，但其仍旧处于现代化的阵痛中；中国很清楚，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.

他们认识到他的痛苦合情合理——身处沮丧的阵痛中，他本人很难看出一点，但确，他生活中完全可以理解的原因。

Quite an attractive place, really, when you're not in the throes of endless heartbreak.

你未陷入无止的断肠之苦时，确诱人的地方。

One memorable moment was October 5th 2008, in the first throes of the financial crisis.

2008年10月5日令人刻，那金融海啸的第一波冲击，银行挤兑迫在眉睫。

Within the cloudy halls of Carina, Hubble detects the death throes of a massive star.

在船底座星云云雾遮挠的中心，哈勃探测到一个正在死亡的巨型恒星。

But I was aware that my death throes had begun.

但我意识到我临死的痛苦开始了。

Is that right? Oh, yes, I-I, too, am in the throes of heartbreak.

真的吗? 嗯，的，我也有心痛的时候。

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，他们中的大多数将会满怀热情地接受项作业任务，有的甚至会在创作的阵痛中流下热泪。意识到一可怕的情况才使我止住了种冲动。

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中，出现了大量的贫困和饥荒。

That's because they're only created in the final death throes of the very largest stars...stars of at least nine times the mass of our sun.

因为种条件只会出现在最大的恒星垂死挣扎之时......种恒星的体积至少太阳的 9 倍。

I'm now on the bottom step known as acceptance, asking, why, in the throes of a global pandemic, does my business matter?

我已经走到了妥协的地，我问：在疫情席卷全球之际，我的企业开不开张对大家有什么影响吗？

The first since Pope John Paul II arrived in 1988, while Mozambique was in the throes of a brutal civil war.

此次访问1988年若望保禄二世访问以来罗马教皇首次来莫桑比克访问，1988年的莫桑比克正陷于残忍无情的内战之中。

I found a book by a man named Greg O'Brien, who's in the throes of Alzheimer's.

我找到了一本名叫格雷格·奥布莱恩的人写的书，他患有阿尔茨海默氏症。

In the throes of civil war.

在痛苦内战中挣扎的个国家。

Born in throes, 't is fit that man should live in pains and die in pangs!

在剧痛中出生的人，合适在苦闷中生活，在痛苦中死去！

It's the sneaky power, the stranglehold that addiction has when you're in the throes of it, says Cameron, who shot up cocaine nearly daily and withstood drug-induced seizures.

“一种鬼鬼祟祟的力量，当你处于毒瘾的痛苦中时，它就会产生一种抑制作用，”卡梅隆说，他几乎每天都吸食可卡因，并忍受着毒品引起的痉挛。

In her teens the Texan was a familiar face on the Disney Channel, but she was already in the throes of depression. In high school Lovato began drinking heavily. By 17 she was using cocaine.

十几岁的时候，位德克萨斯人已经成为迪斯尼频道上一个熟悉的面孔，但她已经患上了抑郁症。高中时，洛瓦托开始酗酒。17岁时，她开始吸食可卡因。

America was in the throes of World War II.

美国正处在二战的漩涡中。