discipline
纪律,管教,惩戒,纪律性
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Definitions
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- : training to act in accordance with rules; drill: military discipline.
- : an activity, exercise, or regimen that develops or improves a skill; training: Sticking to specific and regular mealtimes is excellent discipline for many dieters.
- : a branch of instruction or learning: the disciplines of history and economics.
- : punishment inflicted by way of correction and training.
- : the rigor or training effect of experience, adversity, etc.: the harsh discipline of poverty.
- : behavior in accord with rules of conduct; behavior and order maintained by training and control: good discipline in an army.
- : a set or system of rules and regulations.
- : Ecclesiastical. the system of government regulating the practice of a church as distinguished from its doctrine.
- : an instrument of punishment, especially a whip or scourge, used in the practice of self-mortification or as an instrument of chastisement in certain religious communities.
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dis·ci·plined, dis·ci·plin·ing.
- : to train by instruction and exercise; drill.
- : to bring to a state of order and obedience by training and control.
- : to punish or penalize in order to train and control; correct; chastise.
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Examples
Great discipline is taking place in China, as President Xi strongly leads what will be a very successful operation.
The discipline, drive, and sacrifices required to win—and to consistently stay at the top—resonated with me in Novak Djokovic’s Serve to Win.
It doesn’t mean you have to follow it exactly, but keeping a steady calendar has a way of sharpening discipline.
While she defended Germany’s borrowing binge, Merkel showed that her government aims to maintain as much budget discipline as possible.
The new commission, if approved, would have the ability to recommend discipline for officers, but those decisions would ultimately rest with the police chief.
He is an immensely talented quarterback who has dedicated his entire life to athletic excellence and discipline.
Bullhooks, whippings, and electric shocks were used as the main methods of discipline and training for their exotic animals.
Four, the recruitment by the Republicans of affable-seeming candidates who had some discipline drilled into them.
Their collective failings come down to message discipline, candidate selection, and voter targeting.
Whether it ultimately takes aesthetic discipline or neurosis to get to that point, it's hard to say.
Very instructive here is the way in which children will voluntarily come and submit themselves to our discipline.
The fact that the day following the punishment parade was a Sunday brought about a certain relaxation from discipline.
It secures in many cases, at least, a ready compliance with a large part of the discipline enforced.
My children, keep discipline in peace: for wisdom that is hid, and a treasure that is not seen, what profit is there in them both?
Their discipline is admirable, but their natural disposition is likewise quiet and inoffensive.