问题补充:
The farmers were more anxious for rain than the people in the city because they had more .
A. at length
B. at last
C. at stake
D. at ease
答案:
A. at length
B. at last
(答案→)C. at stake
D. at ease
解析:本题译文:农民们比城里人更渴望鱼,因为雨水对农民来说关系更大。at stake(=to be won or lost; risked, depending upon the result of sth.)在危险中;利害攸关;His life itself was at stake.(他的生命本身濒临危险。); at last最终;at length详细地;at ease安详,自在,随便,不拘束:She knew he was not at ease.(她知道,他并不自在。)