[問題]大全6-20

[davidslin]

大全-6-20.
Seven countries signed a treaty binding each of them to perform specified actions on a certain fixed date, with the actions of each conditional on simultaneous action taken by the other countries. Each country was also to notify the six other countries when it had completed its action.

The simultaneous-action provision of the treaty leaves open the possibility that

(A) the compliance date was subject to postponement, according to the terms of the treaty
(B) one of the countries might not be required to make any changes or take any steps in order to comply with the treaty, whereas all the other countries are so required
(C) each country might have a well-founded excuse, based on the provision, for its own lack of compliance
(D) the treaty specified that the signal for one of the countries to initiate action was notification by the other countries that they had completed action
(E) there was ambiguity with respect to the date after which all actions contemplated in the treaty are to be complete

答案給C
想請問一下C所說的well-founded excuse是指什麼理由呢?
另 原題是不是在說[7個國家簽訂了在固定時間執行特定行動的條約 那些行動條件是要其他國家都同時執行 如果某個國家已經完成了 必須要通知其他6國]?

[Pufa]

條約內容要求大家都要act simultaneously。
所以先完成或者是後完成的的國家都可說其他人的動作跟自己不simultaneous。

[auguding]

可以頂一下嗎~
我還是不太懂

[auguding]

拜託高手解答啊~

[dibert8]

這就是兩個和尚沒水喝的故事:說好兩個人一起(或輪流)去挑水,其實都在等另外一個人去挑水!

因為同步執行是不可能發生的事,總有人先開始,腳步總有先後,所以每個國家都可以說還有國家沒有開始而不去行動 (這就是約定中現成的藉口:well-founded excuse) => (C)

[dibert8]

這題比那兩個和尚更絶:因為有七個國家,只要其他六國的動作不一致,就是自己沒做好的最佳藉口.