trainingthat makespeoplemorewillingtoobeyor moreabletocontrolthemselves, often in theformofrules, andpunishmentsif these arebroken, or thebehaviourproducedby thistraining:
训导；训练；纪律；约束
parental/military/schooldiscipline父母的训导／军事训练／校规
There should betougherdiscipline inschools.学校的纪律应该更严一些。
I don't have enough (self) discipline tosavemoney.我总是控制不住自己花钱的欲望。
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theabilitytocontrolyourself or otherpeople,evenindifficultsituations:
控制能力，驾驭能力
Maintainingclassroomdiscipline(=controlof thestudents)is the firsttaskof everyteacher.维护课堂纪律是每位教师的首要任务。
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In some of theseschools, army-styledrillsare used toinstilasenseof discipline.
The newteacherhadfailedtoenforceanysortof discipline.
trainingthatproducesobedienceorself-control, often in theformofrulesandpunishmentsif these arebroken, or theobedienceorself-controlproducedby thistraining:
militarydiscipline
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Discipline is also theabilitytocontrolamentalactivity:
If parties are disciplined, then every government coalition is a legislative coalition.
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The design of a robotic manipulator involves simultaneous participationa of different disciplines in the design process.
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From 1961 onwards archaeology was taught as a so-called further education course, which followed studies in anotherdisciplinelasting four to five years.
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There is considerable variation in the degrees of multipartism, partydiscipline, and the stability of party systems and government coalitions.
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Until then, archaeology had been regarded as a non-theoreticaldiscipline.
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It is the task of his former students and colleagues to keep thedisciplinechallenging.
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Most philosophers and psychologists shared the firm belief that their disciplines were substantially different in some ways.
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The civilian was compared unfavourably to the soldier who was thought to be disciplined and trained in stress management.
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The genetic analysis of these age-dependent phenotypes, termed growth trajectories, has long been of interest to students in different disciplines of biology and genetics.
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Theirdisciplinehas been sufficient to cause pain at the micro level of everyday life for the children.
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As temporary workers they could learn their tasks and adapt to the demands of workdiscipline.
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The non-verbal aspects of human behaviour and the non-sonic aspects of musical behaviour are largely non-formalised within their respective disciplines.
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It is a valuabledisciplineto produce the pieces.
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Answering this involves stepping outside thedisciplineof the system designer and understanding the social, material and organisational aspects of medical work.
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Without the protection offered by college walls and communaldiscipline, how would scholars withstand temptations and distractions and devote themselves to higher things?
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discipline
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academic discipline
After its initial difficulties, it was, he declared, finally 'a respectable academic discipline'.
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allied discipline
Second, once nature was divorced from creed, natural philosophy and allied disciplines too came to be seen (by some) as a theologically neutral discipline.
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breach of discipline
But where they involve serious breach of discipline, or serious punishment, there is an appeal and it is open to be exercised.
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