The hunger, cold and misery then pervading Russia had reached the point of exasperating the masses and making them ripe for revolution. 當時飢餓、寒冷、苦難籠罩著俄國,這些使得民眾激憤,革命的時機成熟了。
The time was ripe for a challenge to the power of the government. 時機已經成熟,可以向政府權力提出挑戰了。