0 training that makes people more willing to obey or more able to control themselves, often in the form of rules, and punishments if these are broken, or the behaviour produced by this training:
1 a particular area of study, especially a subject studied at a college or university
2 to punish someone:
3 to teach someone to behave in a controlled way:
[ + to infinitive ] I'm trying to discipline myself to eat less chocolate.
4 training that produces obedience or self-control, often in the form of rules and punishments if these are broken, or the obedience or self-control produced by this training:
5 a particular area of study, esp. a subject studied at a college or university:
an academic discipline
6 to punish someone:
He was disciplined for his bad conduct.
7 the practice of making sure that people obey rules and do not cause problems:
8 the ability to make yourself do something, even if it is difficult, so that you can achieve a goal:
9 a subject or a particular type of work:
10 to deal with a worker who does not obey company rules, for example by giving them a written warning:
discipline sb for (doing) sth He was disciplined for serious misconduct.
11 to carefully control the way that you work, live, or behave, especially to achieve a goal:
In some of these schools, army-style drills are used to instil a sense of discipline.
The new teacher had failed to enforce any sort of discipline.
Problems arise if the parents' approach to discipline is inconsistent.
He's always harping on about lack of discipline.
Several of the teachers were ineffectual at maintaining discipline.
If parties are disciplined, then every government coalition is a legislative coalition.
The design of a robotic manipulator involves simultaneous participationa of different disciplines in the design process.
From 1961 onwards archaeology was taught as a so-called further education course, which followed studies in another discipline lasting four to five years.
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訓練, 訓導, 紀律…
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训练, 训导, 纪律…
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disciplina, castigar, mano dura [feminine]…
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disciplina, castigar…
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しつけ, 規律, (人)を懲戒する…
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displin, öz disiplin, belli bir çalışma konusu…
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discipline [feminine], matière [feminine], sanctionner…
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