Word familynoundisciplinariandisciplinedisciplinantdisciplinariumdisciplineradjectivedisciplinarydisciplined ≠ undisciplineddisciplinabledisciplinalverbdiscipline
discipline problems• Passive-aggressive children are rarely viewed as discipline problems by school authorities, since their hostility toward authority is so indirect.• Did they tend to be the students who caused discipline problems in the classroom?• Thus, the overwhelmingmajority of work-inhibited students are not considereddiscipline problems.• Schools of choice have lowerdropoutrates, fewer discipline problems, better student attitudes, and higher teachersatisfaction.• It was also a period when discipline problems were appearing in the rear and were widely re-ported in the press.• The school Littky came to was plagued with discipline problems.
discipline2 ●○○ verb [transitiveT]
1PUNISHto punish someone in order to keep order and control 惩处,处罚
The officers were later disciplined.
那些官员后来受到了处罚。
2OBEYCONTROLto teach someone to obey rules and control their behaviour 训练,管教
Different cultures have different ways of disciplining their children.
不同的文化有不同的管教孩子的方法。
3discipline yourself (to do something)CONTROLto control the way you work, how regularly you do something etc, because you know it is good for you 严格要求自己,约束自己(去做某事)
Try to discipline yourself to write every day.
要想办法约束自己每天写作。
Examples from the Corpus
discipline yourself (to do something)• Are we prepared to discipline ourselves to restrictions and regulations that we feel we ought to impose for our own good?• Can we discipline ourselves more in meetings?• It shows whyphilosophy may penetrate so many disciplines and yet remain a distinctdiscipline itself.• Most of us were brought up to accept discipline, and to discipline ourselves.• The combineddiscipline itself becomes a new container.• Furthermore, it had no effective way to discipline itself on expenditures.• Every month discipline yourself to go through the file and identify at least ten externalcontacts to phone.• He must discipline himself to rigorously avoid any form of activity, be this mental or physical.
1training people to behave; behaving well紀律ADJECTIVE | VERB + DISCIPLINE | DISCIPLINE + NOUN | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤effective, firm, good, rigorous有效的/嚴格的/良好的/嚴苛的紀律◇We need better discipline in our schools.我們的學校需要更好的紀律。➤harsh, iron, rigid, strict苛嚴的紀律;鐵的紀律;嚴格的紀律◇strict military discipline嚴格的軍紀➤lax, poor鬆懈的紀律;差的紀律◇Discipline was too lax.紀律太鬆懈了。➤student, team學生/團隊紀律▸➤church, military, party, prison, school, social, work教規;軍紀;黨紀;監獄紀律;校紀;社會規約;工作紀律➤parental家規VERB + DISCIPLINE➤enforce, exercise, impose執行紀律;加諸紀律◇the discipline that the party exercises over its members該黨對其黨員實行的紀律➤instil/instill引入紀律◇We need someone who is good at instilling discipline.我們需要一個善於引入紀律的人。➤maintain維持紀律◇The teacher was unable to maintain discipline.那名老師無法維持紀律。➤submit to遵守紀律◇They submitted to the discipline imposed by their leaders.他們遵守領導制訂的紀律。➤learn學會守紀律◇Students have to learn discipline.學生要學會守紀律。➤have有紀律◇The school was criticized for having very poor discipline.該校被指責紀律很差。➤lack缺乏紀律約束◇Modern schools lack discipline.現代學校缺乏紀律約束。➤need需要紀律約束◇She believes children need discipline.她認為孩子們需要紀律約束。➤restore恢復紀律DISCIPLINE + NOUN➤problem紀律問題PHRASES➤a breach of discipline (especially BrE) 違反紀律◇It's unfair to dismiss somebody for a single breach of discipline.一次違紀就開除,這不公平。➤a breakdown in discipline, a breakdown of discipline紀律的廢弛◇a breakdown of discipline in the classroom課堂上秩序大亂➤a lack of discipline缺乏紀律➤order and discipline秩序和紀律◇He quickly brought order and discipline to the regiment.他很快使該團秩序井然、紀律嚴明。discipline
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2controlling yourself自律ADJECTIVE | VERB + DISCIPLINE | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤good, great良好的自制力;出色的自控力◇It is good discipline to learn to delegate.學會下放權力是良好的素質。➤strict嚴格的自制▸➤personal自律▸➤mental, spiritual心理/精神約束➤physical身體約束▸➤business, commercial, financial, fiscal, industrial, market, monetary經營管理;商業約束;財政控制;工業控制;市場控制;貨幣控制◇The government has stabilized the economy through strict fiscal discipline.通過嚴格的財政控制,政府穩定了經濟。➤message (= the practice of only talking about what is relevant to your aims, by a politician) (NAmE) 信息控制VERB + DISCIPLINE➤have有自制力◇He'll never get anywhere working for himself-he has no discipline.他單幹永遠不會成功 - 他沒有自我約束能力。➤show顯示自制力▸➤lack缺乏自制力➤apply, bring克制自己◇something to help you bring discipline to your decision-making process有助於在決策過程中增加克制力的東西➤demand, require, take需要自制力◇It takes great discipline to learn a musical instrument.學習樂器需要高度的自律能力。PHRASES➤a lack of discipline缺乏自制discipline
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3subject of study學科ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤core, main, major核心科目;主要科目◇Students are to be tested on the three core disciplines: mathematics, English and science.學生要考 3 門核心科目:數學、英語和自然科學。➤different, distinct, independent, individual, separate不同的/有區別的/獨立的/個別的/單獨的學科◇When did sociology emerge as a distinct discipline?社會學是何時成為獨立學科的?➤established, traditional老牌的/傳統的學科➤emerging, new新興學科➤related相關學科◇social work and its related disciplines社會工作及相關學科➤academic, intellectual, scholarly學術科目;知識學科◇They established psychology as an academic discipline.他們確立了心理學的學科地位。➤professional (especially NAmE) 專業學科▸➤humanities, science, scientific, etc.人文學科、理科等PREPOSITION➤across disciplines跨學科◇There is a lack of communication across disciplines (= between teachers and students of different subjects).不同學科之間缺乏交流。➤within a/the discipline在學科內部◇Within a discipline there may be more than one school of thought.一個學科內可以有不止一個學派。PHRASES➤different disciplines, diverse disciplines不同的/形形色色的學科◇academics from diverse academic disciplines來自不同學科的學者➤multiple disciplines (especially NAmE) 多學科◇experts in multiple disciplines多學科的專家➤a range of disciplines一系列學科◇The university offers a wide range of disciplines.大學設有許多不同的學科。