请教section2-12的翻译，谢谢

12. The odds are about 4 to 1 , and many business consultants therefore advise that a company’s first line of defense in eluding offers like these be to even refuse to take calls from likely corporate raiders.
(A) that a company’s first line of defense in eluding offers like these be to even refuse
(B) that a company’s first line of defense in eluding such offers be to refuse even(B)
(C) a company defending itself against offers of this kind that, as a first line of defense, they should even refuse
(D) companies which are defending themselves against such an offer that, as a first line of defense, they should even refuse
(E) that the first line of defense for a company who is eluding offers like these is the refusal even

请问against surviving a takeover offer是什么意思啊？

哪位nn能翻译一下吗？谢谢了

以下是引用sunshining在2004-7-6 18:28:00的发言：

12. The odds are about 4 to 1 , and many business consultants therefore advise that a company’s first line of defense in eluding offers like these be to even refuse to take calls from likely corporate raiders.
(A) that a company’s first line of defense in eluding offers like these be to even refuse
(B) that a company’s first line of defense in eluding such offers be to refuse even(B)
(C) a company defending itself against offers of this kind that, as a first line of defense, they should even refuse
(D) companies which are defending themselves against such an offer that, as a first line of defense, they should even refuse
(E) that the first line of defense for a company who is eluding offers like these is the refusal even

请问against surviving a takeover offer是什么意思啊？

哪位nn能翻译一下吗？谢谢了

从恶意收购中幸存的赔率大约是4比1（即：4赔1），并且，许多商业咨询顾问因此建议，为避免这类的收购，一个公司的头等防御应该是，拒接哪怕是从这些潜在收购者打来的电话。

takeover 指企业间的收购（无论善意还是恶意）。这里根据上下文应是恶意。