the faculty (of + discipline)
集合名词，指全体教职员，可指特定院系的全体教员。
The faculty of science meets every Friday.
理学院的全体教员每周五开会。
全体教职员工；教职工
（大学的）学院；学部；能力；才能；官能；（授予的）权力；权限；特许；（某职业的）全体从业人员；同行；大学的一个分支学院或系。
大学的一个分支学院或系。
A division of a university.
心智固有的认知或感知能力之一
one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind
能力、力量或技能。
An ability, power, or skill.
学校的全体教职员工
the body of teachers and administrators at a school
由上级授予的权限、权力或特权。
An authority, power, or privilege conferred by a higher authority.
某一职业的全体从业人员。
The members of a profession.
She applied to the Faculty of Law at the College of Arts and Sciences.
她申请了文理学院的法学院。
用法提示：此处 faculty 指大学的“学院”或“系”。
The faculty offers several undergraduate and graduate programs.
该系提供多个本科和研究生课程。
用法提示：faculty 作为可数名词，指“系”或“学院”的整体。
He is a professor in the medical faculty.
他是医学院的一名教授。
用法提示：medical faculty 指“医学院”，faculty 表示学院。
集合名词，指全体教职员，可指特定院系的全体教员。
The faculty of science meets every Friday.
理学院的全体教员每周五开会。
"a member of the faculty" 指一名教职员工。
She is a member of the faculty of law.
她是法学院的一名教员。
"on the faculty" 表示在某个机构担任教职。
He has been on the faculty at Harvard for 20 years.
他在哈佛大学任教已20年。
常指心智能力，比faculty更通用
强调先天禀赋，faculty更正式
指全体教职员工，faculty特指学术人员
口语化，faculty更正式
侧重教学人员，faculty包括行政人员
grammar · medium
易错句子She works in faculty of law.
正确表达She works in the Faculty of Law.
中文学习者常遗漏冠词 'the'。在英语中，当指代特定学院时，需要冠词 'the'，且学院名称通常首字母大写。
grammar · medium
易错句子This university has many faculty.
正确表达This university has many faculties.
当 'faculty' 表示 '系、科、院' 时是可数名词，复数形式为 'faculties'。学习者错误地将其当作不可数名词使用。
指教师群体时的反义词为学生群体。
指院系单位时的反义词为行政机构。
心智能力
Memory is one of the most important mental faculties.
记忆是最重要的心智能力之一。
记忆力
As we age, our faculty of memory often declines.
随着年龄增长，我们的记忆力常常衰退。
教师会议
The faculty meeting was postponed until next week.
教师会议推迟到下周举行。
教职员
Every faculty member is required to attend the orientation.
每位教职员都必须参加迎新会。
法学院
She was accepted into the faculty of law at Oxford.
她被牛津大学法学院录取了。
认知能力
Language is a cognitive faculty unique to humans.
语言是人类独有的认知能力。
fac- (root: do/make) + -ty (suffix: quality)
fact- (root: do/make) + -ory (suffix: place)
facil- (root: easy) + -it- (connecting element) + -ate (verb suffix)
大学中担任教职的高级教师，与faculty紧密相关
faculty的教学对象
faculty负责制定和教授的课程
faculty通常按系划分组织
与faculty相关的职业保障制度
神志清醒
The elderly man is still in possession of all his faculties.
这位老人仍然神志清醒。
心智健全
At 90, she still has all her faculties.
她90岁了，心智依然健全。
说话能力
He lost the faculty of speech after the stroke.
中风后他失去了说话能力。
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