The hunger, cold and misery then pervading Russia had reached the point of exasperating the masses and making them ripe for revolution. 当时饥饿、寒冷、苦难笼罩着俄国，这些使得民众激愤，革命的时机成熟了。
The time was ripe for a challenge to the power of the government. 时机已经成熟，可以向政府权力提出挑战了。
