self-discipline
n[U]
(power of) controlling one's own desires, feelings, etc, usu so as to improve oneself 自律(力); 自我约束(通常指为提高个人修养的)
an athlete's self-discipline 运动员的自律力
Dieting demands self-discipline. 节食需有自我约束力.
Was the philosopher who refused to look through Galileo's telescope more culpable than those who alleged that the spiral nebulae observed with Lord Rosse's great telescope in the eighteen-forties were scratches left by the grinder?