zhou「s story is a human tragedy, but it」s also emblematic of a country in the throes of rapid change, torn between tradition and modernity, challenge and opportunity, morality and corruption.

他的故事是个悲剧,但这也是一个国家在飞速变化中的象征，是传统与现代、挑战与机遇、道德和腐败的阵痛。

even with the olympic spur, other big chinese cities such as shanghai and guangzhou are in the throes of redevelopment almost as frenetic.

甚至在奥运因素的刺激下，上海、广州等中国其它大城市也在经历着近似癡狂城市重建的阵痛。

for a country in the throes of an economic crisis, a national holiday to listen to the bouzouki smacks of self-indulgence.

对于一个正挣扎于经济危机之中的国家来说，欢度国庆假日，倾听民族音乐，这一切听上去不免有自我放纵的意味。

the holidays are known to cause stress to scores of single women in the throes of 「the panic years」, who dub the annual visit-cum-interrogation the 「thanksgiving third degree 」.

节假日会给众多单身女性带来压力，《心慌的岁月》正体现出了单身女性这一心头之痛，她们将每年一次的「回家兼受审」称为「感恩节逼婚」。

students in the throes of senioritis often feel a profound sense of lethargy.

患有毕业倦怠癥的学生会经常有强烈的倦怠感。

this ordinarily tough-as-nails, separated mother of three was in the throes of a mild depression.

这个和丈夫分居、带着3个孩子的妈妈，平常和铜豌豆一样的女人，正陷入轻度抑郁的阵痛当中。

they then analyzed variables such as the words couples chose to describe a past fight, and the self-reported feelings and behaviors while each were in the throes of fighting.

然后科学家们分析变量，比如分析夫妇选择用来描述过去争执的词语，以及对于那些痛苦的争执过程中情感和举动的自我报告。

foreign capital fled the emerging world in the throes of the economic crisis.

受经济危机的影响外国资本纷纷逃离了新兴国家。

he suggests that individuals in the throes of depression seldom deceive others—or are deceived themselves—because they seem to perceive and describe reality with greater accuracy than others.

他建议，身受抑郁癥痛苦的人很少欺骗他人，或欺骗自己，因为他们认识和描述现实的精度比其他人更高。

britain, like most big countries, is in the throes of reassuring taxpayers that the excesses which led to a global and national financial crisis will not be allowed to repeat themselves.

像其它大国一样，英国也在忍痛向纳税人保证，金融过剩引起的全球和国家金融危机将不会再发生。

the new york-basked global bank, along with much of wall street, is in the throes of recovering from bad investments on mortgages and leveraged loans that cut billions of dollars from its portfolio.

这家以纽约为基地的全球银行，同华尔街的其他银行一样，正处于从刺激抵押贷款带来的数十亿巨亏中恢复元气的过程。

but then every time i talk to an asian woman, some people act like i「m in the throes of some uncontrollable fetish.

但每次我跟一个亚裔女性聊天，有人就会表现得好像我又陷入了无法控制的恋物癖。

venezuela is in the throes of a presidential campaign that does not officially begin until next year.

在该国的总统选举中，委内瑞拉正在忍受着痛苦，而正式的选举则到下一年才开始。

it does not mean cowering or passivity in the throes of duality. love requires the commitment of strength.

然而，这种可能性是需要有责任和义务的，但不意味着要在二元性的痛苦中退缩或被动；爱需要承诺的力量，但不意味着要欺压他人或允许自己被恐惧所控制。

it」s a cautionary tale for anyone whose company is now in the throes of a merger.

如果你的公司现在正处于并购的阵痛期，那么这个故事可以成为你的警世寓言。

they are not in the throes of deal this year.

今年他们并没有遭受交易之苦。

he had the 「love-sonnets from the portuguese」 in mind as he wrote, and he wrote under the best conditions for great work, at a climacteric of living, in the throes of his own sweet love-madness.

他写时心里想着《葡萄牙人的爱情十四行诗》。他的诗是在产生伟大作品的最佳条件下写成的：在生活的紧要关头，在他因甜蜜的疯魔而痛苦之际。

as well as being at war with his two and a half men bosses, the actor is also in the throes of a custody battle with his brooke mueller.

查理一方面和他《好汉两个半》剧组的老板有争执，另外还在痛苦的和布鲁克·米勒争夺孩子的监护权。

but since 2007, california has been in the throes of a drought.

但自从2007年，加利福利亚陷入了干旱的困境。

business is in the throes of a passionate love affair with simplicity - all the way up from product design to organisational design.

我们的商业正处在这场和「简约」之间热情似火的爱意当中阵痛：一路从产品设计到组织设计都是这样。

they put out a call on the stanford campus for people who were in the first nine months of a relationship and still in the throes of romantic passion.

于是，他们在斯坦福大学的校园内发出告示寻找那些才谈九个月恋爱的人和在罗曼蒂克激情里挣扎的人做相关实验。

every woman i see leaves his office with a beatific smile on her face, as if she was in the throes of a grand passion.

我所看到的每个离开他办公室的女人脸上都洋溢着幸福的微笑，仿佛她刚刚经历了一个无比壮丽激动的产前阵痛。

also, people with the s/s variant are more likely than those with the s/l or l/l variant to experience a major depression in the throes of adverse life events.

同样，s/s变异携带者比s/l或l/l变异携带者更可能在不良的生活事件的剧痛中经历重性抑郁。

and what’s best in the early stages of labor might make you miserable when you’re in the throes of transition, so change positions as often—or as little—as you want.

在产程早期适合你的方式也许随着产程的进展会让你痛苦，因此只要你想，就尽可能多——或少——的改变姿势。

even though he had escaped the draft and prison, he seemed caught in the throes of a depression, like that which turgenev said only the very young know and which has no apparent reason.

虽然他逃过了服兵役和服刑，但他似乎陷入了一种郁闷的情绪，那是一种屠格涅夫所说的「只有某些特别的年轻人才知道的一种莫名的忧郁」。