faculty

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈfæk.əl.ti/    美 /ˈfæk.əl.ti/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The academic staff at schools, colleges, universities or not-for-profit research institutes, as opposed to the students or support staff. Canada,Philippines,US
  2. A division of a university.
    — She transferred from the Faculty of Science to the Faculty of Medicine.
  3. An ability, power, or skill.
    — He lived until he reached the age of 90 with most of his faculties intact.
  4. An authority, power, or privilege conferred by a higher authority.
    — Unless he has bi-ritual faculties, the Latin priest must baptize and confirm the Eastern rite person, whether infant or adult, according to the liturgical books of the Latin church ( canon 846 , §2 ).
  5. A licence to make alterations to a church. Church-of-England
  6. The members of a profession.

词形变化

faculties plural

词汇关系

近义词
ability attribute capability capacity endowment faculty gift potential potentiality power propensity property talent virtue wherewithal
下位词
intellect apprehension imagination inventiveness conception judgment reasoning intuition memory volition speech sense vision hearing
衍生词
facultied facultize interfaculty nonfaculty staffaculty subfaculty
相关词
facultative skill

词源

From Middle English faculte (“power, property”), from Old French faculte, from Latin facultas (“capability, ability, skill, abundance, plenty, stock, goods, property; in Medieval Latin also a body of teachers”), another form of facilitas (“easiness, facility, etc.”), from facul, another form of facilis (“easy, facile”); see facile. Doublet of facility.
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