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.