death throes
literary
plural noun
■the process of dying or ending in a very painful or unpleasant way （临死前的）痛苦挣扎；垂死挣扎•Mercutio, fatally stabbed, staggers round the stage in his death throes.被刺成重伤的默丘里奥在台上痛苦地挪着步。 •The government was in its death throes.政府在作垂死挣扎。 |