Non-violent methods of bringing about change do not involve hurting people or causing damage.
例句
King was a worldwide symbol of non-violent protest against racial injustice...金是全世界非暴力抗议种族不平等运动的象征。I would only belong to an environmental movement if it was explicitly non-violent.我只会投身明确宣称采用非暴力手段的环境保护运动。
ADJ-GRADED
(犯罪等)不使用暴力的,不伤害他人的
You can refer to someone or something such as a crime as non-violent when that person or thing does not hurt or injure people.
例句
...non-violent offenders...非暴力犯罪的罪犯The signs suggest that the elections will be non-violent and fair.种种迹象表明选举将会是非暴力的、公正的。
英汉词典释义
n.
非暴力反抗;非暴力主义
He was awarded the peace Nobal Prize of 1964 for advocating nonviolence policy in the movement for civil rights.他因为在主张民权运动中采取非暴力政策而被授予1964年诺贝尔和平奖。
英英词典释义
Noun
1. peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate