n.[C]

1. （身體，精神的）機能，官能[（+of）]
   He has lost his faculty of memory.

   他失去了記憶力。

2. 能力；技能[（+for/of）]
   He has a great faculty for mathematics.

   他具有很強的學數學的才能。

3. （大學的）系，科；院
4. 【主美】（大學或院，系的）全體教職員[G]
   She has recently joined the faculty of Yale University.

   她最近當了耶魯大學的教授。

5. 【主美】（任何學校的）全體教師[G]
6. （從事某一專門職業的）全體人員[G]

n.

1. an inherent mental or physical power.
   ▸an aptitude or talent.
2. a group of university departments concerned with a major division of knowledge.
   ▸N. Amer. the teaching or research staff of a university or college.
3. an authorization or licence from a Church authority.