求解一道逻辑题

baizhantang

1991 jun Sec3   第4题

The theory of military deterrence was based on a simple psychological truth, that fear of retaliation makes a would-be aggressor nation hesitate before attacking , and is often sufficient to deter it altogether from attacking. Clearly, then,  to maintian military deterrence, a nation would have to be believed to have retaliatory power so great that a potential aggressor nation would have reason to think that it could not defend itself against such retaliation.

if above are true, which of the following can be inferred?

c . One nation's failing to attack another establishes that the nation that fails to attack believes that it could not withstand a retaliatory attack from the other nation.

d. It is in the interest of a nation that seeks deterrence and has unsurpassed military power to let potential aggressors against it become aware of its power of retaliatory attack.

为什么选D不选C？

VALERIE242

应该选D。
题目的意思是军事威胁是建立在这么一种心理机制上，当一个国家要去打击另一个国家时，如果被打击方的实力足够强大，打击方在做出决定前必定会犹豫，这就是所谓的威慑。而C的意思是如果一个国家放弃打击其他国家是因为它有信心承受对方的打击，明显逻辑不对，且不和题意啊

baizhantang

谢谢你，不过我错了——C项有not, 现在补上了。。。这样的话C为什么不对？

fjatpku

原文中根本没提到fail to attack
so the answer is out of scope

EliseT

感觉文章说的是发动战争前aggresor的犹豫心理状态，而没有提及到failing to attack（战争后结果）代表着什么。

大小李子通吃

C 答案明显错啊， 不攻击的原因有很多， 害怕对方实力强大会报复 只是一种可能， 还有很多原因。
（比如说他的女儿嫁到他国了， 暂时不想攻打这个国家）

大小李子通吃

D 答案的意思是， 显示出你强大的实力对你有好处，这样有可能让对方害怕从而放弃对你的攻击。 这是根据文章推理出来的。