请教OG12 64（GWD28 32），帮忙翻译下

goodwinnie

A prominent investor who holds a large stake in the Burton Tool Company has recently claimed that the
company is mismanaged, citing as evidence the company’s failure to slow production in response to a recent
rise in its inventory of fi nished products. It is doubtful whether an investor’s sniping at management can ever be
anything other than counterproductive, but in this case it is clearly not justifi ed. It is true that an increased
inventory of fi nished products often indicates that production is outstripping demand, but in Burton’s case it
indicates no such thing. Rather, the increase in inventory is entirely attributable to products that have already
been assigned to orders received from customers.
In the argument given, the two boldfaced portions play which of the following roles?
(A) The fi rst states the position that the argument as a whole opposes; the second provides evidence to
undermine the support for the position being opposed.
(B) The fi rst states the position that the argument as a whole opposes; the second is evidence that has been
used to support the position being opposed.
(C) The fi rst states the position that the argument as a whole opposes; the second states the conclusion of
the argument as a whole.
(D) The fi rst is evidence that has been used to support a position that the argument as a whole opposes; the
second provides information to undermine the force of that evidence.
(E) The fi rst is evidence that has been used to support a position that the argument as a whole opposes; the
second states the conclusion of the argument as a whole.  
答案： C

请帮忙翻译下这题，尤其是这句It is doubtful whether an investor’s sniping at management can ever be
anything other than counterproductive,but in this case it is clearly not justifi ed谢谢，不理解这句和上面的关系，导致做错。GWD说：。But是转折，但是……，but就不是转折（只是句子内部的，而不是句与句的）。那如果是这样，这道题在这两个黑体句之间不是 没有转折了吗？

earlytear

doubtfu 和 anything other than 双重否定，表肯定，再和后面的counterproductive联系在一起
意思就是评论会产生不良影响

lmiltamy

請問一下,這題的轉折點在那裡??? ,
the company is mismanaged---boldfaced 1
but in this case it is clearly not justifi ed---boldfaced2

這之間有轉折點嗎??

lmiltamy

頂一下

goodwinnie

谢谢，受教了！

hahask

一個持有XX公司很多股票的牛人說，公司管理失誤，引用了一個例子就是在產成品存貨存儲成本不斷上升的時候，公司仍然不減緩生產速度。目前很疑惑，對於公司投資者對公司的管理所產生的質疑是否是對除了生產力以外的因素產生負面影響，很明顯，在這個問題上並沒有得到證實。雖然說產成品存貨存儲成本不斷上升代表著公司供大於求，但是對於這個XX公司而言，並不正確。相反的是，存貨增加是因為已經分配的銷售訂單增加所造成的。

不要把規則用死吧。。還是要理解意思啊
實際還是對那個牛人的觀點進行反駁的，只不過廢話多了點。