英語翻譯
Among the Cossacks,vegetable farming was once so despised
that it was forbidden on pain of death.
【我的粗糙翻譯】：在哥薩克中間,他們即便趨近死亡、瀕臨滅亡,蔬菜種植曾經(jīng)如此被人蔑視,而導(dǎo)致一度被禁止.
【我的疑問】on pain of death?這個,怎么翻譯?on,這個詞,有瀕臨的意思嗎?
我查閱了英華大字典,有【接近...】【沿著...】の意思
例句【the inn on the road.】【It borders on absurdity.】