- [countable]
a department or group of related departments in a college or university （高等院校的）系，院 the Faculty of Law 法学院 students who are doing degrees in the Arts Faculty 在文学院攻读学位的学生 the Faculty of Arts 文学院
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- Arts
- English
- law
- …
- member
- in a/the faculty
- faculty of
- a member of the faculty
- the dean of (the) faculty
- the head of (the) faculty
- …
- [countable + singular or plural verb]
all the teachers in a faculty of a college or university （高等院校中院、系的）全体教师 the Law School faculty 法学院全体教师 a faculty meeting 全体教师会议 faculty members 全系教师
Extra ExamplesTopics Educationc1Larger grants may ensure more funding for faculty development. 更多的经费会确保为教师队伍的发展提供更多资助。 My faculty adviser made an effort to contact me. 导师设法同我取得联系。 a hearing before a faculty committee 教师委员会举行的听证会 collaboration across faculties 跨院系合作
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- college
- departmental
- university
- …
- hire
- recruit
- retain
- …
- appointment
- position
- development
- …
- on the faculty
- faculty at
- faculty of
- …
- [countable, uncountable] (often the faculty)(North American English)
all the teachers of a particular university or college （某高等院校的）全体教师 faculty members 全系教师 She joined the faculty of the University of Maryland. 她成为马里兰大学的一名教员。
Extra ExamplesTopics Educationc2the faculty at public institutions 公共机构中的全体工作人员 her colleagues on the faculty 她的教员同事 The degree of job security for tenured faculty is high relative to most other jobs. 终身聘用教师的工作稳定性比其他大多数工作高。 Teachers are typically part-timers and adjunct faculty. 教师通常是兼职教员和辅助教员。 I was fortunate to receive a faculty appointment at Ohio State. 我幸运地收到了在俄亥俄州立大学担任教员的委任。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- college
- departmental
- university
- …
- hire
- recruit
- retain
- …
- appointment
- position
- development
- …
- on the faculty
- faculty at
- faculty of
- …
- [countable, usually plural]
any of the physical or mental abilities that a person is born with 官能；天赋 the faculty of sight 视觉 She retained her mental faculties (= the ability to think and understand) until the day she died. 她直到去世那天一直保持着思维和理解能力。 to be in full possession of your faculties (= be able to speak, hear, see, understand, etc.) 拥有一切官能（能够说、听、看见、理解等） intellectual/critical/artistic faculties 智力/批判能力/艺术才能
Extra ExamplesHe is not in full possession of all his mental faculties. 他尚不具备完善的思维理解能力。 She is over eighty but still has all her faculties. 虽然她已年过八旬，但心智甚明。 We try to develop the student's critical faculties. 我们努力培养学生的批判能力。 the evolution of man's higher faculties 人类高级能力的进化
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- higher
- cognitive
- intellectual
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- be in possession of
- have
- lose
- …
- faculty for
- [singular] faculty of/for (doing) something (formal)
a particular ability for doing something 才能；能力 the faculty of understanding complex issues 理解复杂问题的能力 He had a faculty for seeing his own mistakes. 他具有看到自己错误的能力。 our faculty for picking up speech even in noisy environments 我们在很嘈杂的环境下也能听清他人讲话的能力
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- higher
- cognitive
- intellectual
- …
- be in possession of
- have
- lose
- …
- faculty for
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French faculte, from Latin facultas, from facilis ‘easy’, from facere ‘make, do’.