| 释义 |
●on/under pain of sth (formal) with the threat of having sth done to you as a punishment if you do not obey a command 违则受到…惩罚；违则以…论处◆They were forbidden on pain of death to talk to any of the other prisoners.
他们被禁止与任何其他囚犯交谈，违者要处死。◆We were told to pay within three days, on pain of a €1 000 fine if we didn’t.
我们被告知要在三天之内付款，逾期要处以 1 000 欧元的罚款。 |