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- mass noun the practice of training people to obey rules or a code of behaviour, using punishment to correct disobedience训导; 管教：
a lack of proper parental and school discipline.
家长和学校缺乏适当的管教。
1.1
- the controlled behaviour resulting from such training自制; 克制：
he was able to maintain discipline among his men.
在他那群人里, 他是有自制能力的。
1.2
- activity or experience that provides mental or physical training训练活动; 训练：
the tariqa offered spiritual discipline
道乘教派提供精神训练
count noun Kung fu is a discipline open to old and young.功夫是一项老少皆宜的训练活动。
1.3
- count noun a system of rules of conduct纪律：
he doesn't have to submit to normal disciplines.
他不用遵守一般的纪律。
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- a branch of knowledge, typically one studied in higher education（尤指高等教育中的）学科：
sociology is a fairly new discipline.
社会学是一门相当新的学科。
with obj.
1- train (someone) to obey rules or a code of behaviour, using punishment to correct disobedience训练; 管教：
many parents have been afraid to discipline their children.
很多父母害怕管教自己的孩子。
1.1
- （常作be disciplined）punish or rebuke (someone) formally for an offence惩罚; 批评：
a member of staff was to be disciplined by management.
有些员工会受到管理层的处罚。
1.2
discipline oneself to do something
train oneself to do something in a controlled and habitual way训练自己做：every month discipline yourself to go through the file.
每个月要训练自己检查文件。
派生词
disciplinable
adjectivedisciplinal
/ˈdɪsɪˌplɪnəl/ adjective词源
Middle English （in the sense 'mortification by scourging oneself'）： via Old French from Latin disciplina 'instruction, knowledge', from discipulus （see DISCIPLE）.