discipline

自制、自己規律

難しくても自分の行動を抑え、すべきことを続ける力。

やさしい英語で： The ability to control your actions and keep doing what you should, even when it is difficult.

• Learning an instrument takes discipline.
• She has the discipline to study every evening.
• Daily exercise helped him develop greater discipline.

類義語： self-control, willpower

よく使う表現： self discipline, personal discipline, have discipline

処分する、懲戒する

規則を破った人を、正しく行動するように罰する。

やさしい英語で： To punish someone for breaking rules so that they behave properly.

• The manager disciplined two employees.
• She was disciplined for ignoring safety rules.
• Will the school discipline him for fighting?

使い方： discipline someone for something (The company disciplined him for repeated lateness.)

類義語： punish, penalize

よく使う表現： discipline an employee, discipline someone for something, discipline staff

しつける

規則を守り、責任者の指示に従うように教える。

やさしい英語で： To teach someone to follow rules and obey people in charge.

• Parents need to discipline their children.
• She disciplines her pupils with patience.
• He was disciplined to obey orders without question.

類義語： train

よく使う表現： discipline children, discipline someone firmly, discipline a child

鍛える、訓練する

教えたり繰り返し練習させたりして人を鍛える。

やさしい英語で： To train someone through teaching and repeated practice.

• Daily exercises discipline the mind.
• She disciplined her body through years of practice.
• The program disciplines students to think carefully.

使い方： discipline someone to do something (The exercises discipline students to observe small details.)

類義語： train

よく使う表現： discipline the mind, discipline your body, discipline someone

律する、統制する

人が秩序を守り、節度ある行動をするようにさせる。

やさしい英語で： To make someone behave in an orderly, controlled way.

• You must discipline yourself.
• She disciplined herself to follow a daily routine.
• The new captain disciplined the unruly crew.

使い方： discipline yourself to do something (I disciplined myself to work at the same time each morning.)

類義語： control, restrain

よく使う表現： discipline yourself, discipline someone, discipline your impulses