civil disobedience

公民抗命公民不服从民众抗命民众抗争

civil disobedience 的定义

n. 名词 noun
  1. the refusal to obey certain laws or governmental demands for the purpose of influencing legislation or government policy, characterized by the employment of such nonviolent techniques as boycotting, picketing, and nonpayment of taxes.Compare noncooperation, passive resistance.
  2. an essay by Thoreau.

civil disobedience 近义词

n. 名词 noun

passive resistance

更多civil disobedience例句

  1. The stalemate has elicited protests, civil disobedience and arrests on Capitol Hill and beyond.
  2. I am not for one second suggesting that my swim was some grand act of civil disobedience.
  3. They say they are ready for civil disobedience and will not change any of their programs to comply with the law, which bans the depiction of homosexuality to minors.
  4. The groups said they are prepared to engage in civil disobedience to challenge the law.
  5. As I just mentioned, because this uprising is leaderless the civil disobedience movement will continue until this attempted coup ends.
  6. They are, to say the least, preparing for civil war (the polling stations are stormed by armed gangs).
  7. But what is there more irresponsible than playing with the fire of an imagined civil war in the France of today?
  8. Compared with neighbors Myanmar, Vietnam, and Laos, Cambodia appears to have a blossoming civil society.
  9. Strangio is at his best when exposing what appears to be a flourishing civil society in Cambodia.
  10. Rashad was there to celebrate the release of the Civil Rights drama Selma.
  11. His 6,000 native auxiliaries (as it proved later on) could not be relied upon in a civil war.
  12. He stared at his men, astonished and impatient at this strange disobedience.
  13. A lineman was sent out to repair it under escort of civil guards, who were forced by the rebels to retire.
  14. In the good old days of yore there was little trouble in obtaining admission to the Civil Service.
  15. He held various civil offices, was a justice of the peace about 60 years, and for many years a member of the state legislature.