They made it clear that they would only exercise passive resistance in the event of a military takeover.

他们声明假若发生军事接管，他们只采取非暴力抵抗行动。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

Most of those who did not move offered only passive resistance, but some fighting broke out.

那些没有动的人们大部分都只是消极抵抗，但还是发生了一些冲突。

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Procrastination is passive resistance.

拖拉是消极的反抗。

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To patriots who are not members of organized resistance groups, I say: Continue your passive resistance, but do not needlessly endanger your lives.

VOA: special.2011.06.16

The battle plan was also flawed; for instance,commandos were armed with paint guns because they expected passive resistance.

VOA: standard.2010.07.12

But the resistance is politically passive and a cross-party consensus in favour is holding.

ECONOMIST: Germany and Afghanistan

But, besides that, the government backed a campaign of passive resistance in effect, a general strike.

ECONOMIST: Millennium issue: German hyperinflation

These comments exemplify passive resistance , and there are two reasons why such resistance is hard to navigate.

FORBES: Three Steps for Overcoming Passive Resistance