Most "witches" were hanged, rather than the burning at the stake of popular imagination.
多数“女巫”被绞死了，胜过通常想象的绑在树桩上烧死。
Joan of Arc was burnt at the stake.
圣女贞德被处以火刑。
With so much at stake, the Inuit are determined to play a key role in teasing out the mysteries of climate change in the Arctic.
面临如此多的危险，因纽特人决心在揭开北极气候变化之谜方面发挥关键作用。
The life of the sick man is at stake.
病人的生命在危急中。
The izzat of the household was at stake.
家庭的声望岌岌可危。
The strength of the Republican swing was shown in RACES beyond Congress: they took a majority of the 37 governorships at stake and 19 of the state legislatures.
共和党的力量在议会之外的竞选中得到了体现：他们占据了利益攸关的37名州长职位，这占了大多数，还有19个州立法委员。
But the truth is that the whole nature of our society is at stake.
然而，真正的事实却是，我们整个社会的性质正在受到威胁。
We know you may face very stiff opposition on this issue; however, the welfare of your project is really at stake here.
我们知道您可能会在这个问题上面对极其强烈的反对；然而，此时您项目的安全确实处于危险的境地。
I also told him I had studied the draft at Georgetown, and had concluded it was justified only when, as in World War II, the nation and our way of life were at stake.
我还告诉他，早在乔治敦上大学时我就研究过征兵制度，并得出结论，只有像在第二次世界大战，我们的国家和生活方式处于危险境地的情况下，这种制度才是正当的。
The best of human nature – our creativity, generosity, and genuine desire to help – will always prevail when the health of people is at stake.
当人们的健康受到威胁之时，我们的创造力、慷慨态度和真诚的助人愿望等人性最佳的东西，永远在发挥着主导作用。
I think it ought to remind us of what's at stake when we invoke the notion of objectivity.
它应该提醒我们当，我们产生客观性这一概念时会出现什么风险。
Watson has no capacity for fun, and its creators have more at stake than the outcome of a game show.
华生没有产生乐趣的能力，而它的创造者比游戏节目的效果更关注赌局。
Well, the only way that we might survive — the quality of life is at stake here is nuclear fusion.
好吧，我们可能生存下来的唯一办法，在此生活质量处于险境，是核聚变。
Add to the mix something at stake, a fear of the unknown, perceived discomfort of a situation and a little mix of caffeine and procrastination, and you have a nervous wreck.
骤然涌现的复杂心绪、对未知的恐惧、想当然的不利情形以及咖啡和拖延带来的倦怠，都会让你变成一个神经质。
The book's well-deserved reputation and utility were at stake, and the magnitude of the task was clear.
正因为这本书的声誉和实用性已面临挑战，很明显，改版的任务是非常重要的。
The geometry works like this: the family holds a controlling stake (say 51%) in a company at the top of the pyramid.
这个几何体是这样构成的：一个家族在一家公司持有占控股地位的股份（例如51％），位于金字塔的顶层。
If the service has to execute complex queries or stored procedures to get the required data, then the performance of the service will be at stake, reducing the quality of service.
如果服务必须执行复杂的查询或者存储过程才能获得所需的数据，则会影响到服务的性能，进而导致服务质量下降。
The quality of our lives is at stake when undertaking such large projects; some leveled approach is needed when working on these types of projects.
承担如此大的项目会使生活质量受到严重威胁；在处理这些类型的项目时，需要某种级别的方法。
So, I wonder, what attracted him to the competing issues at stake in South of the Border and Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps?
这激起了我的好奇心，又是什么让他拍成了《国境以南》和《华尔街：金钱永不沉睡》呢？
If the security of my country is at stake I will give my life to protect it.
如果国家的安全受到威胁，我会不惜付出生命来保护它。
More was at stake than just the fate of the two men.
比起这两个人的命运，还有许多事情危如累卵。
This is the kind of courage that is called for in the darkest moments with the most at stake, and it takes great strength of character to muster it up and get going.
这是一种在生死攸关的最黑暗时刻需要的勇气，要有很坚强的性格才能聚集这样的勇气去开始做一件事情。
Although there's still plenty of money at stake for the company, the trader likely has nothing more to lose at this stage.
尽管公司依然有大量资金面临风险，但对于交易员而言，现在他已经没什么可输的了。
Now, with dramatic events unfolding across the region, most remarkably in Syria, at stake are the credibility of the United States and whether we will stand up for our interests and our values.
而现在，随着该地区事态急剧变化，特别是叙利亚，我们是否能守护美国的名誉，保护美国的利益，坚持美国的价值，将关系重大。
Now, with dramatic events unfolding across the region, most remarkably in Syria, at stake are the credibility of the United States and whether we will stand up for our interests and our values.
而现在，随着该地区事态急剧变化，特别是叙利亚，我们是否能守护美国的名誉，保护美国的利益，坚持美国的价值，将关系重大。
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