Definition of faculty in English:

faculty

nounPlural faculties ˈfak(ə)ltiˈfækəlti

1An inherent mental or physical power.
天赋
her critical faculties
她与生俱来的评鉴能力。
the faculty of sight
文学院。
Example sentencesExamples
- It is said that with fading age, the physical and mental faculties do not remain as strong.
- Power tools should only be used when your mental and physical faculties are at their best.
- And as we have been reporting, as my sources have been telling me over this last week, his mental faculties have steadily deteriorated over the last several days.
- And although he speaks very slowly, and almost, quietly, on some occasions, it's clear that his mental faculties are very sharp.
- The United States is a democracy and a democracy only works if the citizens are informed and exercise their faculties of critical reason.
- For Locke, these are introspective experiences of our mental faculties such as remembering, willing, discerning, reasoning, and judging.
- The idea is that when children use tactile, visual and auditory faculties simultaneously, brain activity is at its fullest.
- The law is not concerned with the brain but with the mind, in the sense that mind is ordinarily used, the mental faculties of reason, memory and understanding.
- Because it is through the cultivation of physical and mental faculties that we relate to our surroundings, and create conditions for our survival.
- The Chief Minister pointed out that Yoga exercises had the capacity to prevent illness and keep the body fit by evolving a steady balance between the physical and mental faculties.
- Since concentration is the first faculty to go when sleepy, Reale advises drivers keep their blood sugar up with more slowly absorbed foods, such as vegetables and nuts.
- There is a complex interplay among our mental faculties including perception, imagination, and intellect or judgement.
- It is worth pointing out that a physically paralysed person may be more mentally active and thus more alive than a person with full command of his/her physical faculties.
- The disability can cover physical, sensory, or mental faculties.
- And to the degree that you've just reported that he was delighted at this decision, it seems that his mental faculties are perfectly fine.
- I consider myself to be a perfectly normal, 24-year-old woman in possession of the full complement of mental faculties.
- The disease you have will continue to grow worse, and your condition will deteriorate until your mental faculties are so diminished that you will not even be able to remember how to put on your shoes.
- Handling clay is an important means for developing and nurturing the faculties of imagination and originality in children.
- Large doses of lead and other heavy metals were known to disrupt mental faculties, but the effects of low-level exposure were unknown.
- While the granter retains their mental faculties, a continuing power can be written to allow someone else the authority to carry out bank account transactions, as they would be able to do with a general power.
Synonyms
power, capability, capacity, facility, potential, potentiality, propensity, wherewithal, means, preparedness
(faculties), senses, wits, reason, intelligence
1. 1.1 An aptitude for doing something.
  才能，本领，天资
  his faculty for taking the initiative
  Example sentencesExamples
  Her moods are many, and she has a faculty for portraying deep emotions with an airy touch.
  He has a faculty for legislation, and some of the most useful laws on the statute book owe their origin to him.
  Also like humans, apes have a marked faculty for language.
  Synonyms
  ability, proficiency, competence, capability, potential, capacity, facility, readiness
  aptitude, talent, gift, flair, bent, skill, knack, finesse, genius
  expertise, expertness, adeptness, adroitness, dexterity, prowess, mastery, artistry, accomplishment
  propensity, inclination, natural ability, suitability, fitness
  head, mind, brain
  informal know-how
2A group of university departments concerned with a major division of knowledge.
〈主英〉（大学的）系，院
the Faculty of Arts
文学院。
the law faculty
法律系。
Example sentencesExamples
- Mississippi State University teaching faculties from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the College of Education provided the responses for this study.
- Citation-based measures have been used to evaluate the impact of journals and research institutions, including universities, faculties, and departments.
- The Churches' intellectual influence is also apparent in the integration of Theology faculties in the State university system and academies, which are major centres of adult education open to the public.
- The typical university had four faculties, of which the largest was Law and the smallest History / Philology; the other two were Medicine and Physics / Mathematics.
- This is clearly the result of low intakes in science and engineering faculties at universities and technikons.
- Harvard University, I didn't realise this, Harvard University has 8,000 faculties.
- There must be at least one undergraduate and graduate student elected, as well as at least one representative, grad or undergrad, from each of the university's six faculties.
- In Cain's view, there are three separate and distinct faculties at community colleges: academic, vocational, and adjunct.
- One afternoon per week, there will be special presentations and workshops organised by the various faculties at the university.
- We are in a shrinking market as colleges and universities downsize their agricultural faculties.
- She's a Professor of Law in the Law and Medical faculties at the University of Melbourne, and she's President of the Academic Board, and a pro-Vice Chancellor of the University.
Synonyms
department, school, division, section
1. 2.1in singular The teaching or research staff of a group of university departments viewed as a body.
  （大学中系或学院的）全体教学（或科研）人员;〈北美〉大学（或学院）的全体教职员
  there were then no tenured women on the faculty
  Example sentencesExamples
  These are teaching institutions, staffed by faculty with heavy teaching loads.
  The credentials and accomplishments of our faculty are phenomenal, and the awards and accolades they have received are too numerous to mention.
  Many faculty have the ability to succeed in jobs that have substantially higher compensation than academia.
  Well it put great strains on those teachers in the faculty who didn't know how to speak Latin.
  Even faculty with competence in one or more foreign languages must shape their courses around this constraint.
  It survived on little money and few facilities, but its faculty included some of the finest minds from Europe, many having fled to America as refugees.
  They ascend the academic ranks and make important policy decisions for divisions, departments, faculties, and the community.
  The working students who come for the evening/part-time courses interact more freely and share ideas and insights with the faculty.
  Despite growth in some areas, women continue to be underrepresented on the faculty across the university.
  His regulatory background is the perfect fit to round out the expertise of the current faculty.
  They pursued careers as doctors, accountants, engineers, and lawyers, and a good number joined the teaching faculties of major universities.
  Visiting faculty, master-craftspersons and two ‘mentors’ will teach the students.
  At the time of independence in 1950, the republic had few schools or university faculties.
  The department has 29 staff members on the faculty and 36 residents in training.
  The way he is going about selecting the faculty is an example of the exacting academic standards he has in mind for the school.
  The faculty will comprise numerous experts in the field.
  From 1936-46 he served on the faculty of Osmania University teaching International Law.
  The science faculty lacks such inclusiveness, mainly due to the many disparate courses that are available.
  He formerly was on the faculty of the University of Oklahoma, where he founded the graduate program in piano pedagogy.
  There was the faculty to be selected and trained, lessons to be adapted from the curriculum, the school's funds and infrastructure to be managed.
2. 2.2dated The members of a particular profession, especially medicine, considered collectively.
  〈旧〉（某行业，尤指医学行业的）全体从业人员
  Example sentencesExamples
  Aside from financial considerations and "turf wars," there was a genuine concern and reluctance of some of the obstetrical faculty to train family physicians in operative obstetrics.
  To sustain and improve quality of training, the surgical faculty should develop expertise in education.
3A licence or authorization from a Church authority.
（尤指来自教会当权者的）特许证，许可证
the vicar introduced certain ornaments without the necessary faculty to do so
Example sentencesExamples
- When Ireland reviewed his credentials and saw he was a priest of the Byzantine church and a widower, Ireland refused to grant him faculties or permission to officiate.
- The canon lists several conditions which must be met for parish priests to exercise validly the faculty to confirm adults they baptize or receive into full communion.
- Although the parish priest has no faculty from the law to confirm these people, he could seek from the diocesan bishop the concession of the faculty to confirm them.
Synonyms
authorization, authority, power, right, permission, consent, leave, sanction, licence, dispensation, assent, acquiescence, agreement, approval, seal of approval, approbation, endorsement, imprimatur, clearance
informal the go-ahead, the thumbs up, the OK, the green light, say-so
rare permit

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French faculte, from Latin facultas, from facilis 'easy', from facere 'make, do'.

facility from early 16th century:
Latin facilis ‘easy’ is the base of facility. Originally meaning ease in doing something, facility developed into something that makes it easier to do something in the early 19th century, Facilis also give us facile (Late Middle English), facilitate (early 17th century), and faculty (Late Middle English).

Definition of faculty in US English:

faculty

nounˈfakəltēˈfækəlti

1An inherent mental or physical power.
天赋
her critical faculties
她与生俱来的评鉴能力。
Example sentencesExamples
- It is worth pointing out that a physically paralysed person may be more mentally active and thus more alive than a person with full command of his/her physical faculties.
- The disability can cover physical, sensory, or mental faculties.
- And as we have been reporting, as my sources have been telling me over this last week, his mental faculties have steadily deteriorated over the last several days.
- There is a complex interplay among our mental faculties including perception, imagination, and intellect or judgement.
- The disease you have will continue to grow worse, and your condition will deteriorate until your mental faculties are so diminished that you will not even be able to remember how to put on your shoes.
- The Chief Minister pointed out that Yoga exercises had the capacity to prevent illness and keep the body fit by evolving a steady balance between the physical and mental faculties.
- And although he speaks very slowly, and almost, quietly, on some occasions, it's clear that his mental faculties are very sharp.
- Large doses of lead and other heavy metals were known to disrupt mental faculties, but the effects of low-level exposure were unknown.
- The law is not concerned with the brain but with the mind, in the sense that mind is ordinarily used, the mental faculties of reason, memory and understanding.
- Because it is through the cultivation of physical and mental faculties that we relate to our surroundings, and create conditions for our survival.
- I consider myself to be a perfectly normal, 24-year-old woman in possession of the full complement of mental faculties.
- While the granter retains their mental faculties, a continuing power can be written to allow someone else the authority to carry out bank account transactions, as they would be able to do with a general power.
- The United States is a democracy and a democracy only works if the citizens are informed and exercise their faculties of critical reason.
- The idea is that when children use tactile, visual and auditory faculties simultaneously, brain activity is at its fullest.
- For Locke, these are introspective experiences of our mental faculties such as remembering, willing, discerning, reasoning, and judging.
- Power tools should only be used when your mental and physical faculties are at their best.
- And to the degree that you've just reported that he was delighted at this decision, it seems that his mental faculties are perfectly fine.
- Handling clay is an important means for developing and nurturing the faculties of imagination and originality in children.
- It is said that with fading age, the physical and mental faculties do not remain as strong.
- Since concentration is the first faculty to go when sleepy, Reale advises drivers keep their blood sugar up with more slowly absorbed foods, such as vegetables and nuts.
Synonyms
power, capability, capacity, facility, potential, potentiality, propensity, wherewithal, means, preparedness
1. 1.1 An aptitude or talent for doing something.
  才能，本领，天资
  the author's faculty for philosophical analysis
  Example sentencesExamples
  He has a faculty for legislation, and some of the most useful laws on the statute book owe their origin to him.
  Also like humans, apes have a marked faculty for language.
  Her moods are many, and she has a faculty for portraying deep emotions with an airy touch.
  Synonyms
  ability, proficiency, competence, capability, potential, capacity, facility, readiness
2A group of university departments concerned with a major division of knowledge.
〈主英〉（大学的）系，院
the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
文学院。
Example sentencesExamples
- This is clearly the result of low intakes in science and engineering faculties at universities and technikons.
- There must be at least one undergraduate and graduate student elected, as well as at least one representative, grad or undergrad, from each of the university's six faculties.
- She's a Professor of Law in the Law and Medical faculties at the University of Melbourne, and she's President of the Academic Board, and a pro-Vice Chancellor of the University.
- The Churches' intellectual influence is also apparent in the integration of Theology faculties in the State university system and academies, which are major centres of adult education open to the public.
- Harvard University, I didn't realise this, Harvard University has 8,000 faculties.
- The typical university had four faculties, of which the largest was Law and the smallest History / Philology; the other two were Medicine and Physics / Mathematics.
- One afternoon per week, there will be special presentations and workshops organised by the various faculties at the university.
- In Cain's view, there are three separate and distinct faculties at community colleges: academic, vocational, and adjunct.
- Citation-based measures have been used to evaluate the impact of journals and research institutions, including universities, faculties, and departments.
- Mississippi State University teaching faculties from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the College of Education provided the responses for this study.
- We are in a shrinking market as colleges and universities downsize their agricultural faculties.
Synonyms
department, school, division, section
1. 2.1 The teaching staff of a university or college, or of one of its departments or divisions, viewed as a body.
  there were then no tenured women on the faculty
  the English faculty
  法律系。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Even faculty with competence in one or more foreign languages must shape their courses around this constraint.
  The department has 29 staff members on the faculty and 36 residents in training.
  Many faculty have the ability to succeed in jobs that have substantially higher compensation than academia.
  Despite growth in some areas, women continue to be underrepresented on the faculty across the university.
  The working students who come for the evening/part-time courses interact more freely and share ideas and insights with the faculty.
  These are teaching institutions, staffed by faculty with heavy teaching loads.
  The faculty will comprise numerous experts in the field.
  His regulatory background is the perfect fit to round out the expertise of the current faculty.
  The way he is going about selecting the faculty is an example of the exacting academic standards he has in mind for the school.
  The credentials and accomplishments of our faculty are phenomenal, and the awards and accolades they have received are too numerous to mention.
  There was the faculty to be selected and trained, lessons to be adapted from the curriculum, the school's funds and infrastructure to be managed.
  They pursued careers as doctors, accountants, engineers, and lawyers, and a good number joined the teaching faculties of major universities.
  They ascend the academic ranks and make important policy decisions for divisions, departments, faculties, and the community.
  At the time of independence in 1950, the republic had few schools or university faculties.
  From 1936-46 he served on the faculty of Osmania University teaching International Law.
  The science faculty lacks such inclusiveness, mainly due to the many disparate courses that are available.
  Well it put great strains on those teachers in the faculty who didn't know how to speak Latin.
  Visiting faculty, master-craftspersons and two ‘mentors’ will teach the students.
  He formerly was on the faculty of the University of Oklahoma, where he founded the graduate program in piano pedagogy.
  It survived on little money and few facilities, but its faculty included some of the finest minds from Europe, many having fled to America as refugees.
2. 2.2dated The members of a particular profession, especially medicine, considered collectively.
  〈旧〉（某行业，尤指医学行业的）全体从业人员
  Example sentencesExamples
  To sustain and improve quality of training, the surgical faculty should develop expertise in education.
  Aside from financial considerations and "turf wars," there was a genuine concern and reluctance of some of the obstetrical faculty to train family physicians in operative obstetrics.
3A license or authorization from a Church authority.
（尤指来自教会当权者的）特许证，许可证
Example sentencesExamples
- Although the parish priest has no faculty from the law to confirm these people, he could seek from the diocesan bishop the concession of the faculty to confirm them.
- When Ireland reviewed his credentials and saw he was a priest of the Byzantine church and a widower, Ireland refused to grant him faculties or permission to officiate.
- The canon lists several conditions which must be met for parish priests to exercise validly the faculty to confirm adults they baptize or receive into full communion.
Synonyms
authorization, authority, power, right, permission, consent, leave, sanction, licence, dispensation, assent, acquiescence, agreement, approval, seal of approval, approbation, endorsement, imprimatur, clearance

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French faculte, from Latin facultas, from facilis ‘easy’, from facere ‘make, do’.

词汇	faculty
释义	Definition of faculty in English: faculty nounPlural faculties ˈfak(ə)ltiˈfækəlti 1An inherent mental or physical power. 天赋 her critical faculties 她与生俱来的评鉴能力。 the faculty of sight 文学院。 Example sentencesExamples It is said that with fading age, the physical and mental faculties do not remain as strong. Power tools should only be used when your mental and physical faculties are at their best. And as we have been reporting, as my sources have been telling me over this last week, his mental faculties have steadily deteriorated over the last several days. And although he speaks very slowly, and almost, quietly, on some occasions, it's clear that his mental faculties are very sharp. The United States is a democracy and a democracy only works if the citizens are informed and exercise their faculties of critical reason. For Locke, these are introspective experiences of our mental faculties such as remembering, willing, discerning, reasoning, and judging. The idea is that when children use tactile, visual and auditory faculties simultaneously, brain activity is at its fullest. The law is not concerned with the brain but with the mind, in the sense that mind is ordinarily used, the mental faculties of reason, memory and understanding. Because it is through the cultivation of physical and mental faculties that we relate to our surroundings, and create conditions for our survival. The Chief Minister pointed out that Yoga exercises had the capacity to prevent illness and keep the body fit by evolving a steady balance between the physical and mental faculties. Since concentration is the first faculty to go when sleepy, Reale advises drivers keep their blood sugar up with more slowly absorbed foods, such as vegetables and nuts. There is a complex interplay among our mental faculties including perception, imagination, and intellect or judgement. It is worth pointing out that a physically paralysed person may be more mentally active and thus more alive than a person with full command of his/her physical faculties. The disability can cover physical, sensory, or mental faculties. And to the degree that you've just reported that he was delighted at this decision, it seems that his mental faculties are perfectly fine. I consider myself to be a perfectly normal, 24-year-old woman in possession of the full complement of mental faculties. The disease you have will continue to grow worse, and your condition will deteriorate until your mental faculties are so diminished that you will not even be able to remember how to put on your shoes. Handling clay is an important means for developing and nurturing the faculties of imagination and originality in children. Large doses of lead and other heavy metals were known to disrupt mental faculties, but the effects of low-level exposure were unknown. While the granter retains their mental faculties, a continuing power can be written to allow someone else the authority to carry out bank account transactions, as they would be able to do with a general power. Synonyms power, capability, capacity, facility, potential, potentiality, propensity, wherewithal, means, preparedness (faculties), senses, wits, reason, intelligence 1.1 An aptitude for doing something. 才能，本领，天资 his faculty for taking the initiative Example sentencesExamples Her moods are many, and she has a faculty for portraying deep emotions with an airy touch. He has a faculty for legislation, and some of the most useful laws on the statute book owe their origin to him. Also like humans, apes have a marked faculty for language. Synonyms ability, proficiency, competence, capability, potential, capacity, facility, readiness aptitude, talent, gift, flair, bent, skill, knack, finesse, genius expertise, expertness, adeptness, adroitness, dexterity, prowess, mastery, artistry, accomplishment propensity, inclination, natural ability, suitability, fitness head, mind, brain informal know-how 2A group of university departments concerned with a major division of knowledge. 〈主英〉（大学的）系，院 the Faculty of Arts 文学院。 the law faculty 法律系。 Example sentencesExamples Mississippi State University teaching faculties from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the College of Education provided the responses for this study. Citation-based measures have been used to evaluate the impact of journals and research institutions, including universities, faculties, and departments. The Churches' intellectual influence is also apparent in the integration of Theology faculties in the State university system and academies, which are major centres of adult education open to the public. The typical university had four faculties, of which the largest was Law and the smallest History / Philology; the other two were Medicine and Physics / Mathematics. This is clearly the result of low intakes in science and engineering faculties at universities and technikons. Harvard University, I didn't realise this, Harvard University has 8,000 faculties. There must be at least one undergraduate and graduate student elected, as well as at least one representative, grad or undergrad, from each of the university's six faculties. In Cain's view, there are three separate and distinct faculties at community colleges: academic, vocational, and adjunct. One afternoon per week, there will be special presentations and workshops organised by the various faculties at the university. We are in a shrinking market as colleges and universities downsize their agricultural faculties. She's a Professor of Law in the Law and Medical faculties at the University of Melbourne, and she's President of the Academic Board, and a pro-Vice Chancellor of the University. Synonyms department, school, division, section 2.1in singular The teaching or research staff of a group of university departments viewed as a body. （大学中系或学院的）全体教学（或科研）人员;〈北美〉大学（或学院）的全体教职员 there were then no tenured women on the faculty Example sentencesExamples These are teaching institutions, staffed by faculty with heavy teaching loads. The credentials and accomplishments of our faculty are phenomenal, and the awards and accolades they have received are too numerous to mention. Many faculty have the ability to succeed in jobs that have substantially higher compensation than academia. Well it put great strains on those teachers in the faculty who didn't know how to speak Latin. Even faculty with competence in one or more foreign languages must shape their courses around this constraint. It survived on little money and few facilities, but its faculty included some of the finest minds from Europe, many having fled to America as refugees. They ascend the academic ranks and make important policy decisions for divisions, departments, faculties, and the community. The working students who come for the evening/part-time courses interact more freely and share ideas and insights with the faculty. Despite growth in some areas, women continue to be underrepresented on the faculty across the university. His regulatory background is the perfect fit to round out the expertise of the current faculty. They pursued careers as doctors, accountants, engineers, and lawyers, and a good number joined the teaching faculties of major universities. Visiting faculty, master-craftspersons and two ‘mentors’ will teach the students. At the time of independence in 1950, the republic had few schools or university faculties. The department has 29 staff members on the faculty and 36 residents in training. The way he is going about selecting the faculty is an example of the exacting academic standards he has in mind for the school. The faculty will comprise numerous experts in the field. From 1936-46 he served on the faculty of Osmania University teaching International Law. The science faculty lacks such inclusiveness, mainly due to the many disparate courses that are available. He formerly was on the faculty of the University of Oklahoma, where he founded the graduate program in piano pedagogy. There was the faculty to be selected and trained, lessons to be adapted from the curriculum, the school's funds and infrastructure to be managed. 2.2dated The members of a particular profession, especially medicine, considered collectively. 〈旧〉（某行业，尤指医学行业的）全体从业人员 Example sentencesExamples Aside from financial considerations and "turf wars," there was a genuine concern and reluctance of some of the obstetrical faculty to train family physicians in operative obstetrics. To sustain and improve quality of training, the surgical faculty should develop expertise in education. 3A licence or authorization from a Church authority. （尤指来自教会当权者的）特许证，许可证 the vicar introduced certain ornaments without the necessary faculty to do so Example sentencesExamples When Ireland reviewed his credentials and saw he was a priest of the Byzantine church and a widower, Ireland refused to grant him faculties or permission to officiate. The canon lists several conditions which must be met for parish priests to exercise validly the faculty to confirm adults they baptize or receive into full communion. Although the parish priest has no faculty from the law to confirm these people, he could seek from the diocesan bishop the concession of the faculty to confirm them. Synonyms authorization, authority, power, right, permission, consent, leave, sanction, licence, dispensation, assent, acquiescence, agreement, approval, seal of approval, approbation, endorsement, imprimatur, clearance informal the go-ahead, the thumbs up, the OK, the green light, say-so rare permit Origin Late Middle English: from Old French faculte, from Latin facultas, from facilis 'easy', from facere 'make, do'. facility from early 16th century: Latin facilis ‘easy’ is the base of facility. Originally meaning ease in doing something, facility developed into something that makes it easier to do something in the early 19th century, Facilis also give us facile (Late Middle English), facilitate (early 17th century), and faculty (Late Middle English). Definition of faculty in US English: faculty nounˈfakəltēˈfækəlti 1An inherent mental or physical power. 天赋 her critical faculties 她与生俱来的评鉴能力。 Example sentencesExamples It is worth pointing out that a physically paralysed person may be more mentally active and thus more alive than a person with full command of his/her physical faculties. The disability can cover physical, sensory, or mental faculties. And as we have been reporting, as my sources have been telling me over this last week, his mental faculties have steadily deteriorated over the last several days. There is a complex interplay among our mental faculties including perception, imagination, and intellect or judgement. The disease you have will continue to grow worse, and your condition will deteriorate until your mental faculties are so diminished that you will not even be able to remember how to put on your shoes. The Chief Minister pointed out that Yoga exercises had the capacity to prevent illness and keep the body fit by evolving a steady balance between the physical and mental faculties. And although he speaks very slowly, and almost, quietly, on some occasions, it's clear that his mental faculties are very sharp. Large doses of lead and other heavy metals were known to disrupt mental faculties, but the effects of low-level exposure were unknown. The law is not concerned with the brain but with the mind, in the sense that mind is ordinarily used, the mental faculties of reason, memory and understanding. Because it is through the cultivation of physical and mental faculties that we relate to our surroundings, and create conditions for our survival. I consider myself to be a perfectly normal, 24-year-old woman in possession of the full complement of mental faculties. While the granter retains their mental faculties, a continuing power can be written to allow someone else the authority to carry out bank account transactions, as they would be able to do with a general power. The United States is a democracy and a democracy only works if the citizens are informed and exercise their faculties of critical reason. The idea is that when children use tactile, visual and auditory faculties simultaneously, brain activity is at its fullest. For Locke, these are introspective experiences of our mental faculties such as remembering, willing, discerning, reasoning, and judging. Power tools should only be used when your mental and physical faculties are at their best. And to the degree that you've just reported that he was delighted at this decision, it seems that his mental faculties are perfectly fine. Handling clay is an important means for developing and nurturing the faculties of imagination and originality in children. It is said that with fading age, the physical and mental faculties do not remain as strong. Since concentration is the first faculty to go when sleepy, Reale advises drivers keep their blood sugar up with more slowly absorbed foods, such as vegetables and nuts. Synonyms power, capability, capacity, facility, potential, potentiality, propensity, wherewithal, means, preparedness 1.1 An aptitude or talent for doing something. 才能，本领，天资 the author's faculty for philosophical analysis Example sentencesExamples He has a faculty for legislation, and some of the most useful laws on the statute book owe their origin to him. Also like humans, apes have a marked faculty for language. Her moods are many, and she has a faculty for portraying deep emotions with an airy touch. Synonyms ability, proficiency, competence, capability, potential, capacity, facility, readiness 2A group of university departments concerned with a major division of knowledge. 〈主英〉（大学的）系，院 the Faculty of Arts and Sciences 文学院。 Example sentencesExamples This is clearly the result of low intakes in science and engineering faculties at universities and technikons. There must be at least one undergraduate and graduate student elected, as well as at least one representative, grad or undergrad, from each of the university's six faculties. She's a Professor of Law in the Law and Medical faculties at the University of Melbourne, and she's President of the Academic Board, and a pro-Vice Chancellor of the University. The Churches' intellectual influence is also apparent in the integration of Theology faculties in the State university system and academies, which are major centres of adult education open to the public. Harvard University, I didn't realise this, Harvard University has 8,000 faculties. The typical university had four faculties, of which the largest was Law and the smallest History / Philology; the other two were Medicine and Physics / Mathematics. One afternoon per week, there will be special presentations and workshops organised by the various faculties at the university. In Cain's view, there are three separate and distinct faculties at community colleges: academic, vocational, and adjunct. Citation-based measures have been used to evaluate the impact of journals and research institutions, including universities, faculties, and departments. Mississippi State University teaching faculties from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the College of Education provided the responses for this study. We are in a shrinking market as colleges and universities downsize their agricultural faculties. Synonyms department, school, division, section 2.1 The teaching staff of a university or college, or of one of its departments or divisions, viewed as a body. there were then no tenured women on the faculty the English faculty 法律系。 Example sentencesExamples Even faculty with competence in one or more foreign languages must shape their courses around this constraint. The department has 29 staff members on the faculty and 36 residents in training. Many faculty have the ability to succeed in jobs that have substantially higher compensation than academia. Despite growth in some areas, women continue to be underrepresented on the faculty across the university. The working students who come for the evening/part-time courses interact more freely and share ideas and insights with the faculty. These are teaching institutions, staffed by faculty with heavy teaching loads. The faculty will comprise numerous experts in the field. His regulatory background is the perfect fit to round out the expertise of the current faculty. The way he is going about selecting the faculty is an example of the exacting academic standards he has in mind for the school. The credentials and accomplishments of our faculty are phenomenal, and the awards and accolades they have received are too numerous to mention. There was the faculty to be selected and trained, lessons to be adapted from the curriculum, the school's funds and infrastructure to be managed. They pursued careers as doctors, accountants, engineers, and lawyers, and a good number joined the teaching faculties of major universities. They ascend the academic ranks and make important policy decisions for divisions, departments, faculties, and the community. At the time of independence in 1950, the republic had few schools or university faculties. From 1936-46 he served on the faculty of Osmania University teaching International Law. The science faculty lacks such inclusiveness, mainly due to the many disparate courses that are available. Well it put great strains on those teachers in the faculty who didn't know how to speak Latin. Visiting faculty, master-craftspersons and two ‘mentors’ will teach the students. He formerly was on the faculty of the University of Oklahoma, where he founded the graduate program in piano pedagogy. It survived on little money and few facilities, but its faculty included some of the finest minds from Europe, many having fled to America as refugees. 2.2dated The members of a particular profession, especially medicine, considered collectively. 〈旧〉（某行业，尤指医学行业的）全体从业人员 Example sentencesExamples To sustain and improve quality of training, the surgical faculty should develop expertise in education. Aside from financial considerations and "turf wars," there was a genuine concern and reluctance of some of the obstetrical faculty to train family physicians in operative obstetrics. 3A license or authorization from a Church authority. （尤指来自教会当权者的）特许证，许可证 Example sentencesExamples Although the parish priest has no faculty from the law to confirm these people, he could seek from the diocesan bishop the concession of the faculty to confirm them. When Ireland reviewed his credentials and saw he was a priest of the Byzantine church and a widower, Ireland refused to grant him faculties or permission to officiate. The canon lists several conditions which must be met for parish priests to exercise validly the faculty to confirm adults they baptize or receive into full communion. Synonyms authorization, authority, power, right, permission, consent, leave, sanction, licence, dispensation, assent, acquiescence, agreement, approval, seal of approval, approbation, endorsement, imprimatur, clearance Origin Late Middle English: from Old French faculte, from Latin facultas, from facilis ‘easy’, from facere ‘make, do’.
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