faculty

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fac·ul·ty /ˈfækəlti/ noun (plural faculties)

1 [countableC]SEC a department or group of related departments within a university 〔大学的〕系，部，院 → school

faculty of

the Faculty of Law

法学院

the Engineering Faculty

工程学院

2 SEC[countableC, uncountableU] American EnglishAmE all the teachers in a university 〔大学的〕全体教员

Both faculty and students oppose the measures.

教师和学生都反对这些措施。

3 [countableC usually plural]CAN a natural ability, such as the ability to see, hear, or think clearly 官能；天赋

the patient’s mental faculties

病人的神志

in full possession of all your faculties (=able to see, hear, think etc in the normal way) 各官能正常的

faculty of

the faculty of sight

视觉官能

4 [countableC] formalGOOD AT a particular skill that someone has 才能，技能 SYN talent

faculty for

She had a great faculty for absorbing information.

她吸收信息的能力很强。

Examples from the Corpus

faculty• representatives from the history faculty• It provides buoyancy and this, for the bulk of the descendants of these air-breathing pioneers, became a more important faculty.• Further information about admissions to individual faculties as well as general course descriptions are contained in the later faculty sections.• A drop in enrollment will affect students, faculty, and administrators.• He has found supportive faculty and administrators; he has found, in his words, my own place.• Nearly half the faculty turned out to show their support.• It was happening in the faculty.• Norman White has been on the faculty at UCLA for over thirty years.• The largest of them are also the country's teaching hospitals, affiliated to the faculties of medicine in the universities.

faculty of• The patient's faculty of hearing has been greatly damaged.

faculty for• Margret had a great faculty for absorbing information.

Origin faculty

(1300-1400) Old French faculté, from Latin facultas “ability”

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