英语翻译Among the Cossacks,vegetable farming was once so despised that it was forbidden on pain of death.【我的粗糙翻译】：在哥萨克中间,他们即便趋近死亡、濒临灭亡,蔬菜种植曾经如此被人蔑视,而导致一度被禁止.【我的疑问】on pain of death?这个,怎么翻译?on,这个词,有濒临的意思吗?我查阅了英华大字典,有【接近...】【沿着...】の意思例句【the inn on the road.】【It borders on absurdity.】

英语翻译
Among the Cossacks,vegetable farming was once so despised
that it was forbidden on pain of death.
【我的粗糙翻译】：在哥萨克中间,他们即便趋近死亡、濒临灭亡,蔬菜种植曾经如此被人蔑视,而导致一度被禁止.
【我的疑问】on pain of death?这个,怎么翻译?on,这个词,有濒临的意思吗?
我查阅了英华大字典,有【接近...】【沿着...】の意思
例句【the inn on the road.】【It borders on absurdity.】