
好词典

由前缀 non-(表示否定)和 violence(暴力)组成,最早记录于19世纪,与印度独立运动密切相关。
❶ 指不使用武力或暴力手段来实现目标的政治或社会策略,通常与和平抗议、公民不服从等行动相关。
“Mahatma Gandhi promoted nonviolence as a way to achieve independence.”
(圣雄甘地提倡以非暴力方式争取独立。)
“The movement was based on the principle of nonviolence.”
(这场运动以非暴力原则为基础。)
principle of nonviolence — 指坚持在任何情况下都不使用暴力的核心信念,常见于社会运动或宗教教义中。
“The principle of nonviolence was central to their campaign.”
(非暴力原则是他们运动的核心。)