faculty
faculty
(pl. -ies)
(pl. -ies)
- an inherent mental or physical power
天赋
her critical faculties.
她与生俱来的评鉴能力。
■an aptitude or talent for doing something
才能，本领，本事
he had the faculty of meeting everyone on the level.
他对每个人都能诚恳相待。 - (chiefly Brit.)a group of university departments concerned with a major division of knowledge
(主英)（大学的）系；科；院
the Faculty of Arts.
文学院。
the law faculty.
法学院。
■[in sing.]the teaching or research staff of such a group of departments, or (N. Amer.) of a university or college, viewed as a body
（大学系、科或学院的）全体教学（或科研）人员；北美大学全体教职员，学院全体教职员
■(dated)the members of a particular profession, especially medicine, considered collectively
(旧)（某行业，尤指医学的）全体从业人员 - a licence or authorization, especially from a Church authority
（尤指教会颁发的）特许
- late Middle English: from Old French faculte, from Latin facultas, from facilis 'easy', from facere 'make, do'
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