a group's refusal to obey a law because they believe the law is immoral (as in protest against discrimination);

"Thoreau wrote a famous essay justifying civil disobedience"

all great rebellions are born of private acts of civil disobedience that inspire rebel bands to plot together.

所有的大反叛一开始都不过是个别人的不合作行为，然后才激起反叛者们联合谋划行动。

the protests have been peaceful. but, amid threats of civil disobedience and nationwide strikes, jordan looks less secure as one of the west’s favoured buffer states in the region.

抗议者们虽然和平示威，但是随着温和抵抗以及全国性罢工的威胁，约旦作为被西方所青睐的这个地区的缓沖国之一，现在看起来也没那么安全。

abstr: as a social fact, civil disobedience has long existed in the western history.

文章摘要：公民不服从的社会事实在西方历史上存在已久。

the civil disobedience theory of rawls is deeply rooted in the western natural law tradition.

罗尔斯的公民不服从理论深深根植于西方自然法传统。

to engage in civil disobedience of any kind is not only to call this or that rule into question but it is to call into question the very nature of law, the very question of the rules.

任何形式的公民违抗,都不仅是质疑那项单一法规,更是质疑法律的本质，质疑所有的法规。

as the monument to soviet tank crews was still a national cultural monument at that time, his act of civil disobedience was considered 「hooliganism」 and he was briefly arrested.

由于当时苏联坦克纪念碑仍是国家的文化纪念，他的这种非暴力抵抗行为被指认为「流氓行径」并被短期的拘留。

virtually all (98%) say they would support civil disobedience to achieve their goals, and nearly one-third (31%) would use violence if necessary.

几乎是所有人（98%）都认为他们都将采用不合作主义达成目标，几乎有三分之一（31%）的人认为有必要的话将采用暴力。

the last thin hope for reform and reversal will come through sustained acts of civil disobedience and open defiance of the formal systems of power.

对于改革和逆转的最后一线希望，将来自于民间的持久的行动加以反对和公开的对正式体系势力的反抗。