faculty
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++fac·ul·ty /ˈfækəlti/ ●○○ noun (plural faculties) 1 [countable]SEC a department or group of related departments within a university 〔大学的〕系，部，院 → schoolfaculty of the Faculty of Law 法学院 the Engineering Faculty 工程学院2 SEC[countable, uncountable] American English 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 [countable 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 [countable] formalGOOD AT a particular skill that someone has 才能，技能 SYN talentfaculty for She had a great faculty for absorbing information. 她吸收信息的能力很强。
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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”fac·ul·ty nounChineseSyllable
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faculty
fac‧ul‧ty /ˈfækəlti/
noun (plural faculties)
faculty of
the Faculty of Law
the Engineering Faculty
2. [uncountable and countable] American English all the teachers in a university:
Both faculty and students oppose the measures.
3. [countable usually plural] a natural ability, such as the ability to see, hear, or think clearly:
the patient’s mental faculties
in full possession of all your faculties (=able to see, hear, think etc in the normal way)
faculty of
the faculty of sight
4. [countable] formal a particular skill that someone has
SYN talent
faculty for
She had a great faculty for absorbing information.
fac‧ul‧ty /ˈfækəlti/
noun (plural faculties) Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: faculté, from Latin facultas 'ability'
1. [countable] a department or group of related departments within a university ⇨ schoolLanguage: Old French
Origin: faculté, from Latin facultas 'ability'
faculty of
2. [uncountable and countable] American English all the teachers in a university:
3. [countable usually plural] a natural ability, such as the ability to see, hear, or think clearly:
in full possession of all your faculties (=able to see, hear, think etc in the normal way)
faculty of
4. [countable] formal a particular skill that someone has
SYN talent
faculty for
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