faculty
UK/'fækәlti/US
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Definitions
n.
A natural mental or physical ability.
（天生的）才能，官能。
n.
The teaching staff of a university, or a division of it.
全体教员；（大学的）院、系。
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedfrom Latin facultas ('ability, capability'), a sibling of facilitas, both from facilis ('do-able,' from facere). A faculty is the power to do something — your mental faculties are your abilities to think, see, remember. The 'university staff/division' sense came via the idea of a branch with the capability to teach a subject.
Root fac still carries 273 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.mental faculties心智能力
- 2.faculty member教员
- 3.faculty of arts文学院
- 4.teaching faculty教学人员
- 5.faculty meeting教员会议
Example Sentences
- 1.
She retained all her mental faculties into old age.
- 2.
He joined the faculty of medicine last year.
- 3.
The whole faculty attended the meeting.