3. 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。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
4. And he felt the stir in him, like a throe of yearning pain, of the desire to paint these visions that flashed unsummned on the mirror of his mind.
他感到一阵激动;要为她把自己内心的明镜上自然呈现的幻影描述出来,那是一种痛苦的渴望。
-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考
5. be in the throe of ..
处在...的痛苦中
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
6. Generally speaking, People in Indonesia are still not mentally prepared to carry out democracy, and they are still probably enduring throe brought by political and economic transition for a long time.