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单词 civil disobedience
释义
civil disobedience
noun[U]
uk
/ˌsɪv.əl dɪs.əˈbiː.di.əns/us
/ˌsɪv.əl dɪs.əˈbiː.di.əns/
theactby agroupofpeopleofrefusingtoobeylawsorpaytaxes, as apeacefulway ofexpressingtheirdisapprovalof thoselawsortaxesand inordertopersuadethegovernmenttochangethem:
非暴力反抗；不合作主义
Gandhi and Martin Luther King bothledcampaignsofcivildisobediencetotrytopersuadetheauthoritiestochangetheirpolicies.甘地和马丁‧路德‧金都领导过非暴力抵抗运动，试图说服当局改变政策。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Refusing & rejecting
  • abnegate
  • abnegation
  • bar
  • batsomething/someoneaway
  • blow(something)out
  • brush
  • disown
  • jettison
  • laugh
  • miss a chance/opportunityidiom
  • punt onsomething
  • quit
  • quit onsomeone
  • react
  • react againstsomething
  • rebuff
  • repudiate
  • resistant
  • spurn
  • turnyournose upidiom
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Activism & pressure groups
(Definition ofcivil disobediencefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

civil disobedience| American Dictionary

civil disobedience
noun[C/U]
us
/ˈsɪv·əl ˌdɪs·oʊˈbi·di·əns/
politics & government
therefusalofcitizenstoobeycertainlawsorpaytaxesas apeacefulway toexpressdisapprovalof thoselawsortaxes:
[U]Campaigns of civil disobedienceforcedan end tosegregation.
(Definition ofcivil disobediencefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcivil disobedience

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Civildisobediencecannot bring more harm than the good it proclaims.
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It seems that the cost throughcivildisobedienceactions that could be imposed on existing firms is not high.
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The miners were prepared to resort, if not to violence, then to acts ofcivildisobedienceand incursions onto contested land.
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Althoughcivildisobedienceis sometimes a solitary act, it is most often a form of collective action.
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I cannot here addresscivildisobedienceor revenge.
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Today, of course, analyses ofcivildisobediencecan be approached philosophically.
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Although physicians sometimes engage incivildisobedience, they do not often violate the law in their professional capacities.
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Nevertheless, noncompliance, likecivildisobedience, must meet several tests.
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Civildisobediencehere, too, must stand the test of last resort and utility.
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Unlike conscientious objection,civildisobedienceis inimical to the state.
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In the 1950s and 1960s, however, it was instrumental in spreading the ideas linked to non-violentcivildisobedienceand non-violent direct action.
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Its activities included mass national demonstrations and international campaigning, and related groups were involved in local direct action protests and extensivecivildisobedience.
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Instead, descriptions of friction with the king,civildisobedienceor electoral disputes were relegated to the dim and distant past.
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For instance, the topics of nuclear deterrence andcivildisobedienceare clearly and concisely introduced.
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Disobedience to the law must meet the same conditions that drive any act ofcivildisobedienceor evasive noncompliance.
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