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  • Conjugation : pl  faculties
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

faculty ['fækəltɪ]
  1. 1. noun [c] (sense, ability) 官能
  2. 2. noun [c/u] [BRIT] [of university] 学院
  3. 3. noun [c/u] [US] (teaching staff) 全体教师

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

faculty [ 'fækltɪ] [ 'fækəltɪ]
  1. 1. noun 官能
    the faculty of hearing, speech, etc
    听、说等的官能
  2. 2. noun 技能本领特殊才能本事
    a faculty for making friends
    擅长交游
  3. 3. noun [rarely used] 大学的)系,科学院,教授会
  4. 4. noun [American English] 学校高等院校或院系的)全体教员
  5. 5. noun 学衔行政人员
  6. 6. noun [Catholicism] 授予的)权力特权;尤指授予主教僧侣等的权力
  7. 7. noun [archaic] 职业
  8. 8. noun 旧时心理学家当作思想的)意志理智
  9. 9. noun 旧指:能力才能

Collins English-English Dictionary

faculty ['fækəltɪ]
  1. 1. n one of the inherent powers of the mind or body, such as reason, memory, sight, or hearing
  2. 2. n any ability or power, whether acquired or inherent
  3. 3. n a conferred power or right
  4. 4. n a department within a university or college devoted to a particular branch of knowledge
  5. 5. n the staff of such a department
  6. 6. n [chiefly US and Canadian] all the teaching staff at a university, college, school, etc
  7. 7. n all members of a learned profession
  8. 8. n [archaic] occupation
  9. 9. n [Etymology] C14 (in the sense: department of learning): from Latin facultas capability; related to Latin facilis easy

Examples

the faculty of hearing, speech, etc
听、说等的官能 faculty
a faculty for making friends
擅长交游 faculty
on the faculty
(院校)系里的成员 on
Faculty members who come from working-class backgrounds could serve as mentors for these students.
来自工人阶级家庭的教学人员可以做这些学生的辅导工作。 background
大学教师职务评聘将制度化。
A system will be set up to assess and appoint university faculty. 评聘
在编教师
full-time faculty 在编
理解力
faculty of understanding; understanding; comprehension

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