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faculty/ˈfæk(ə)lti/n. (pl. -ies) 1 an aptitude or ability for a particular activity 才能，能力 2 an inherent mental or physical power 智能；官能，机能 3a Brit. a group of university departments concerned with a major division of knowledge [英] (大学的)系，院 faculty of modern languages 现代语言系 b N. Amer. the teaching staff of a university or college [北美] (大学或学院的)全体教员 c Brit. a branch of art or science; those qualified to teach it [英]学科；(教授某一学科的)教师 4 the members of a particular profession, esp. medicine 某一专门职业(尤指医学界)的从业人员 5 authorization, esp. by a Church authority (尤指教会授予的)权力 [Middle English via Old French faculté from Latin facultas -tatis, from facilis ‘easy’] |