Death was considered vastly preferable to dishonor.是什么意思？

Death was considered vastly preferable to dishonor.

可杀不可辱。

death

n. 死亡，（某种）死法，死亡方式，病危，死神；

例句
The following year Parliament voted to abolish the death penalty for murder...
议会于翌年表决对谋杀罪废除死刑。

was

v. 用来表示某人或某物即主语本身，用来表示某人或某物属于某一群体或有某种性质（ be的过去式 ），在，存在，不受干扰；

例句
There was a terrible sadness in her eyes...
她眼神中流露出深深的悲伤。

considered

adj. 经过仔细考虑的，经过深思熟虑的，受尊敬的，经过深思熟虑的看法；v. 考虑( consider的过去式和过去分词)，想，注意，看重；

例句
Black was considered inappropriate because of its associations with death.
不宜用黑色，因为它让人联想到死亡。

vastly

adv. 极大地，广大地，深远地；

例句
Like most of my contemporaries, I grew up in a vastly different world.
和大多数同辈人一样，我生长在一个截然不同的世界。

preferable

adj. 更好的，更可取的，略胜一筹的；

例句
...the dictum that it is preferable to be roughly right than precisely wrong...
有句格言说道，大致对总比完全错要好

to

prep. 向，朝着，到，关于，属于；adv. 朝一个方向的，到某种状态，关闭；

例句
I suggest you leave it to an expert...
我建议你把它留给专家来解决。

dishonor

n. （票据的）拒付，侮辱，丢脸，丢脸的事（或人）；vt. 拒付，侮辱，奸污，使丢脸；

例句
What he had done brought dishonor to the family.
他的所作所为败坏了他家的声誉.