discipline
- n. 训练
- n. 纪律
- v. 训练
- v. 惩罚
- Definition
- n. training that produces obedience or self-control
- n. a system of rules
- v. to train someone to obey rules
- v. to punish them
- Example
- Learning a musical instrument requires patience and daily discipline.
- 学习乐器需要耐心和每天的自律。
Synonyms & Differences 近义词辨析
Compared meaning: to train someone to behave a certain way (verb).
比较义项：训练；使养成某种行为（动词）。
- discipline 本词
Means training someone to obey rules or control their behavior, often through correction or punishment when they misbehave; carries a sense of enforcing order.
指训练某人遵守规矩或控制自身行为，通常带有在其犯错时加以纠正或惩罚的意味，含有维持秩序的意思。
The coach disciplined the team, insisting on stricter rules after they skipped practice.
教练在队员们逃避训练之后严格约束他们，要求他们遵守更严格的规定。
- condition
Means training someone to respond automatically to a stimulus through repetition, often used in psychology; sounds technical and implies an unconscious reaction.
指通过反复刺激训练某人做出自动反应，常用于心理学语境，语气较为专业，暗示一种不自觉的反应。
Years of advertising have conditioned us to crave sugary drinks without even thinking about it.
多年的广告宣传已经使我们不假思索地就渴望含糖饮料。
- train
The general, neutral word for teaching a person or animal a skill or behavior through practice and repetition; the most common and widely applicable choice.
是最常见、最中性的说法，指通过练习和重复教会某人或动物一项技能或行为，适用范围最广。
She trains her puppy to sit and stay every afternoon in the park.
她每天下午都在公园训练她的小狗坐下和待命。
Discipline, condition, and train all mean to train someone to behave. Discipline means training through correction or punishment when someone misbehaves. Condition means training someone to react automatically through repetition, a term used in psychology. Train is the neutral word for teaching a skill.
这三个词在这一意义上都表示“训练”，但语气和场合不同：discipline 侧重于通过纠正或惩罚使人遵守规矩，condition 侧重于通过反复刺激使人不自觉地形成某种反应，train 则是最常见、最中性的“训练技能”说法。这里不比较 discipline 的“纪律；惩罚”义、condition 的“使处于某种状态”义（如车况良好）以及 train 的“火车”这一名词义。