Discipline

['dɪsɪplɪn] or ['dɪsəplɪn]

解释:

(noun.) training to improve strength or self-control.

(noun.) the act of punishing; 'the offenders deserved the harsh discipline they received'.

(noun.) the trait of being well behaved; 'he insisted on discipline among the troops'.

(noun.) a system of rules of conduct or method of practice; 'he quickly learned the discipline of prison routine'; 'for such a plan to work requires discipline';.

(noun.) a branch of knowledge; 'in what discipline is his doctorate?'; 'teachers should be well trained in their subject'; 'anthropology is the study of human beings'.

(verb.) punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience; 'The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently'.

(verb.) develop (children's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control; 'Parents must discipline their children'; 'Is this dog trained?'.

霍华德编辑--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) The treatment suited to a disciple or learner; education; development of the faculties by instruction and exercise; training, whether physical, mental, or moral.

(n.) Training to act in accordance with established rules; accustoming to systematic and regular action; drill.

(n.) Subjection to rule; submissiveness to order and control; habit of obedience.

(n.) Severe training, corrective of faults; instruction by means of misfortune, suffering, punishment, etc.

(n.) Correction; chastisement; punishment inflicted by way of correction and training.

(n.) The subject matter of instruction; a branch of knowledge.

(n.) The enforcement of methods of correction against one guilty of ecclesiastical offenses; reformatory or penal action toward a church member.

(n.) Self-inflicted and voluntary corporal punishment, as penance, or otherwise; specifically, a penitential scourge.

(n.) A system of essential rules and duties; as, the Romish or Anglican discipline.

(v. t.) To educate; to develop by instruction and exercise; to train.

(v. t.) To accustom to regular and systematic action; to bring under control so as to act systematically; to train to act together under orders; to teach subordination to; to form a habit of obedience in; to drill.

(v. t.) To improve by corrective and penal methods; to chastise; to correct.

(v. t.) To inflict ecclesiastical censures and penalties upon.

手打:瓦内萨

同义词及近义词：

n. [1].Instruction, training, drilling, drill, exercise, education, culture, schooling, breeding.[2].Subjection, control, regulation, government.[3].Punishment, chastisement, correction, castigation.

v. a. [1].Instruct, train, breed, educate, teach, drill, exercise, form, bring up.[2].Regulate, control, govern, school, bring under subjection.[3].Punish, chastise, correct, castigate.

整理:韦尔登

同义词及反义词：

SYN:Order, strictness, training, government, instruction, drilling, control,coercion, punishment, organization

ANT:Disorder, confusion, rebellion, mutiny, encouragement, reward, disorganization

贝丝编辑

解释:

n. instruction: training or mode of life in accordance with rules: subjection to control: order: severe training: mortification: punishment: an instrument of penance or punishment.—v.t. to subject to discipline: to train: to educate: to bring under control: to chastise.—adjs. Dis′ciplinable; Dis′ciplinal.—ns. Dis′ciplinant one who subjects himself to a certain discipline esp. one of an order of Spanish flagellants; Disciplinā′rian one who enforces strict discipline; Disciplinā′rium a scourge for penitential flogging.—adj. Dis′ciplinary of the nature of discipline—n. Dis′cipliner one who disciplines.—First and Second Book of Discipline two documents (1560 and 1578) embodying the constitution and order of procedure of the Church of Scotland from the period of the Reformation.

校对:拉弗尔斯