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議種族不平等運動的象征。I would only belong to an environmental movement if it was explicitly non-violent.我只會投身明確宣稱采用非暴力手段的環境保護運動。
ADJ-GRADED
(犯罪等)不使用暴力的，不傷害他人的
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.種種跡象表明選舉將會是非暴力的、公正的。
英漢詞典釋義
n.
非暴力反抗;非暴力主義
He was awarded the peace Nobal Prize of 1964 for advocating nonviolence policy in the movement for civil rights.他因為在主張民權運動中采取非暴力政策而被授予1964年諾貝爾和平獎。
英英詞典釋義
Noun
1. peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate