faculty

/ˈfæklti/ n.
标准词条 CET-4
一句话记住

(高等院校的)系;学院;全体教师;官能;天赋;才能

释义与例句

n. (高等院校的)系;学院;全体教师
a department or group of related departments in a university or college; the teaching staff of a university
  1. She is a member of the Faculty of Law at the university.
    她是这所大学法学院的一名教师。
  2. The engineering faculty offers many different courses.
    工程学院开设了许多不同的课程。
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  1. He joined the faculty of the university last year.
    他去年加入了这所大学的教师队伍。
n. 官能;天赋;才能
a natural ability to do a particular thing; one of the physical or mental abilities that people have
  1. After the accident he lost the faculty of speech.
    事故之后他丧失了语言能力。
  2. She has a remarkable faculty for remembering names.
    她有一种惊人的记名字的天赋。
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  1. Even at ninety, his mental faculties were still sharp.
    即便到了九十岁,他的头脑依然很敏捷。

词源与构词

记忆钩子 faculty 既可指大学的“院系、全体教师”,也可指人的“官能、才能”。the Faculty of Law 表示“法学院”,the faculty of speech 表示“语言能力”。

词族与关联词

词族(同一词根派生出的不同词性或形式)
  • faculties (复数)官能;才能
    faculty 的复数形式,常指身体或心智的各项能力。
同义词
  • talent 天赋;才能
    faculty 指天生的才能或官能,较正式;talent 更常用,指做某事的天赋或才华,可作可数或不可数名词。
    She has a talent for making people feel welcome. 她有一种让人感到宾至如归的天赋。
易混词(形近或义近,注意区别)
  • ability 能力;本领
    faculty 多指天生的、身体或心智方面的官能或才能;ability 更通用,可指后天获得的能力,后接 to do sth。
    He has the ability to solve complex problems quickly. 他有能力快速解决复杂的问题。
常见搭配
  • the Faculty of Medicine 医学院
    Her dream is to enter the Faculty of Medicine. 她的梦想是进入医学院。
  • mental faculties 心智能力
    The disease affected her mental faculties. 这种疾病影响了她的心智能力。
  • a faculty for learning 学习的天赋
    He has a faculty for picking up new languages quickly. 他有一种快速学会新语言的天赋。