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单词 nonviolent
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nonviolent
adjective
(UKnon-violent)
us
/ˌnɑːnˈvaɪə.lənt/uk
/ˌnɒnˈvaɪə.lənt/
(ofpoliticalprotestorcrime) notinvolvingfightingor the use ofphysicalforce:
Gandhi was anexponentof nonviolentprotest.
She called onvolunteerstojointhe nonviolentresistance.
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nonviolence
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  • She tookpeacefulnonviolentdirectactionagainst thedestructionof theforest.
  • They arechangingthelawtohelpprotectnonviolentoffendersfromlifesentences.
  • Youngchildrenshould not belockedup for nonviolentcrimes.
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(Definition ofnonviolentfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

nonviolent| American Dictionary

nonviolent
adjective[not gradable]
us
/nɑnˈvɑɪ·ə·lənt/
not usingviolentmethods,esp. tocauseapoliticalorsocialchange:
Theprotestdemonstrationwas nonviolent,althoughthemarcherswereheckledthroughoutbyonlookers.
(Definition ofnonviolentfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofnonviolent

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Instead, he rants about the fate of drug addicts andnonviolentoffenders, doomed to a life in jail.
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An innocent victim of the crime can still be rescued, and nononviolentmeans to achieve the same end are available.
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And is it equally related to violent as well asnonviolentforms of delinquency?
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Innonviolentfashion, this will both defeat the repetitions of the machine and humanize the worker.
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He also underplays thenonviolentmovement's use of coercion, such as boycotts, to try to force change.
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They thought that smartly dressed men werenonviolent, being gentlemen.
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If this is the case, they have one less parent socializing them than children fromnonviolentintact households.
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She interprets tree theft not only as a means of generating income, but also a form ofnonviolentresistance.
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It included earlynonviolentverbal aggression (like other girls) and heightened use of aggressive posturing (compared to all other groups).
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This included increases with age in less forceful, more modulated aggression, includingnonviolentverbal aggression.
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Boycotts arenonviolentactions-one of the few effective ways that citizens may directly register moral outrage over the behavior of a state or other actor.
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During war, they are often religious pacifists who pursue a self-imposed obligation to "bear witness" to anonviolentway of life.
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An innocent victim of the crime can still be rescued and nononviolentmeans to achieve the same end are available.
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But there arenonviolentpreemptive practices as well.
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This asks larger questions about the national and global conditions that make possible the ethics and tactics ofnonviolentpolitical thought and action.
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