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单词 on pain of
释义 on pain of
preposition
or under pain of also upon pain of
: under penalty or punishment of — used with a following specifying word or phrase to indicate that the thing specified is invoked as a threat that will be fulfilled
 < was told not to leave the country on pain of death >
 < forbidden to pronounce his or her own name, on pain of incurring some great evil — J.G.Frazer >
 < bringing pressure upon the commissioner … to appoint to office his favorites under pain of meeting his opposition in Congress — R.M.Lovett >
or archaically or obsoletely that the thing specified is something that will be forfeited
 < that every one upon pain of life should return to their houses — James Howell >
or is a crime or offense with which one will be charged
 < that every one should open his shop under pain of rebellion — James Howell >
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