non-violent

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Of a deed, event etc., without violence. not-comparable
  2. Of a person or movement, opposed to violence. not-comparable
    — The measure asked Gov. Ronald Reagan to declare April 4 Martin Luther King Jr. day as a memorial to "the nation's leading advocate of loving non-violent action."
  3. Of a convict, sentenced for a crime that did not involve violence. not-comparable

词形变化

nonviolent alternative

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English non-
Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-der.
Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁s
Proto-Italic *wīs
Latin vīs
Latin violō
Latin -entus
Latin violentusbor.
Old French violentbor.
Middle English violent
English violent
English non-violent
From non- + violent.
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