1.discipline的基本意思是“训导”“训练”,指某人被控制、管教在某事物下或某人在“训练”下,使之学到知识或技能。
2.discipline用作及物动词,其宾语多为受“管教”“训练”的人。
3.discipline的宾语是反身代词时,其后可接动词不定式作补足语。

用作及物动词
▲S+～+n./pron.
You must learn to discipline yourself.你要学会控制自己。
The teacher disciplines the new comers at the beginning of the new term.新学期开始时教师都要对新生进行训练。
◇ 用于be ～ed结构
She must have been well disciplined for her orderliness.她有条不紊,一定受过良好的训练。
The boy was often disciplined for staying away from school.那孩子常因为逃学而受到处罚。
用作宾补动词
▲S+～+pron.+to-v
I've disciplined myself to do two hours of exercise every day.我坚持每天锻炼两个小时。

She needs the discipline of having to write an essay every week.她需要进行每周写一篇文章的训练。
Our soldiers showed perfect discipline under heavy fire from the enemy's guns.在敌人的炮火下,我们的士兵表现出良好的纪律。
That child needs discipline.必须对这个孩子加以惩罚。
Mathematics and physics are related disciplines.数学和物理是相关学科。

［同义词］ v. punish, train n. drill, exercise, order, practice, training
［反义词］ n.  sloppiness
［词源］＜古法语descipline(教导,知识)