passive resistance
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˌpassive reˈsistance noun [uncountable] PPPa way of protesting against something or opposing a government without using violence 消极抵抗，非暴力抵抗 They tried to achieve their aims by passive resistance. 他们试图通过非暴力抵抗达到他们的目的。
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passive resistance• But passive resistance doesn't work.• There was great resentment, and considerable passive resistance.• He might have been, like Gandhi, an apostle of passive resistance.• The Magdalen College affair, for example, provides a classic example of passive resistance.• Nor could Edna forgive Jane her offensive passive resistance.• Within the classroom too teachers have to live with an active or passive resistance to their best efforts.• Open negativism turns into stony passive resistance.• The firm and repeated instruction of the strike organisers was that passive resistance alone was to be used.ˌpassive reˈsistance nounChineseSyllable
opposing of something protesting way against a or without government Corpus a
passive resistance
ˌpassive reˈsistance
noun [uncountable]
a way of protesting against something or opposing a government without using violence:
They tried to achieve their aims by passive resistance.
ˌpassive reˈsistance
noun [uncountable]a way of protesting against something or opposing a government without using violence: