...the agonising throes of transition.是什么意思？

...the agonising throes of transition.

过渡时期的煎熬

the

art. 指已提到的人（物），指说话人与听者已知的人（物），用于独一无二的事物前，与形容词最高级和序数词连用；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

agonising

adj. 使人极度痛苦的；

例句
Stopping only briefly to regain her composure, she described her agonising ordeal.
她只停顿了一小会儿让自己恢复平静，然后讲述了她无比痛苦的经历。

throes

n. 剧痛（如分娩时的阵痛），挣扎；

例句
...when the country was going through the final throes of civil war.
当时这个国家正处在内战最后的痛苦关头

of

prep. 关于，属于…的，由…制成；aux. 助动词 [非标准用语、方言] =have [主用于虚拟语气]；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

transition

n. 过渡，转变，变迁，[语]转换，[乐]变调；v. 转变，过渡；

例句
He is acutely conscious that this transition will bring with it the risk of social unrest.
他非常清楚这种转变伴随着社会动乱的危险。