LR9210-2-25

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Certain governments subsidize certain basic agricultural products in order to guarantee an adequate domestic production of them. But subsidies encourage more intensive farming, which eventually leads to soil exhaustion and drastically reduced yields.

The situation above is most nearly similar to which one of the following situations with respect to the relationship between the declared intent of a government practice and a circumstance relevant to it?


B.Certain governments restrict imports in order to keep domestic producers in business. But since the domestic producers do not have to face the full force of foreign competition,some domestic producer are able to earn inordinately high profits.
C. Certain governments build strong armed forces in order to maintain the sort of discipline and morale that keeps armed forces strong, those forces must be used in actual combat periodically.

C. 问题：＂build strong armed forces in order to maintain the sort of discipline and morale that keeps armed forces strong＂这句是什么意思，怎么就看出目的与结果相反了？

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四个字“过犹不及”或“适得其反”。

为了maintain the sort of discipline and morale ，所以build strong armed forces ，但是those forces must be used in actual combat periodically，这自然违背maintain the sort of discipline and morale。简单的说，用武力保护和平，可武装却参与了战争，从而破坏了和平。