n.（大學(xué)的）系或院；全體教員；才能；能力

He is the dean of the Faculty of Medicine. 他是醫(yī)學(xué)院院長(zhǎng)。

We haven't set up the Faculty of Law in our university. 我們學(xué)校還沒下設(shè)法學(xué)院。

Both faculty and students oppose the measures. 全體教師和學(xué)生都反對(duì)這種方法。

She has the faculty to learn languages easily. 她有輕而易舉學(xué)會(huì)語言的才能。

faculty作“全體教職員,全體從業(yè)人員”解時(shí)是可數(shù)集合名詞,有單復(fù)數(shù)形式; 當(dāng)其單數(shù)形式作主語時(shí),其謂語動(dòng)詞可為單數(shù),也可為復(fù)數(shù)。