英文字典中文字典


英文字典中文字典51ZiDian.com



中文字典辞典   英文字典 a   b   c   d   e   f   g   h   i   j   k   l   m   n   o   p   q   r   s   t   u   v   w   x   y   z       







请输入英文单字，中文词皆可：

faculties    音标拼音: [f'ækəltiz]
Faculty \Fac"ul*ty\, n.; pl. {Faculties}. [F. facult?, L.
facultas, fr. facilis easy (cf. facul easily), fr. fecere to
make. See {Fact}, and cf. {Facility}.]
1. Ability to act or perform, whether inborn or cultivated;
capacity for any natural function; especially, an original
mental power or capacity for any of the well-known classes
of mental activity; psychical or soul capacity; capacity
for any of the leading kinds of soul activity, as
knowledge, feeling, volition; intellectual endowment or
gift; power; as, faculties of the mind or the soul.
[1913 Webster]

But know that in the soul
Are many lesser faculties that serve
Reason as chief. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]

What a piece of work is a man ! how noble in reason
! how infinite in faculty ! --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

2. Special mental endowment; characteristic knack.
[1913 Webster]

He had a ready faculty, indeed, of escaping from any
topic that agitated his too sensitive and nervous
temperament. --Hawthorne.
[1913 Webster]

3. Power; prerogative or attribute of office. [R.]
[1913 Webster]

This Duncan
Hath borne his faculties so meek. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

4. Privilege or permission, granted by favor or indulgence,
to do a particular thing; authority; license;
dispensation.
[1913 Webster]

The pope . . . granted him a faculty to set him free
from his promise. --Fuller.
[1913 Webster]

It had not only faculty to inspect all bishops'
dioceses, but to change what laws and statutes they
should think fit to alter among the colleges.
--Evelyn.
[1913 Webster]

5. A body of a men to whom any specific right or privilege is
granted; formerly, the graduates in any of the four
departments of a university or college (Philosophy, Law,
Medicine, or Theology), to whom was granted the right of
teaching (profitendi or docendi) in the department in
which they had studied; at present, the members of a
profession itself; as, the medical faculty; the legal
faculty, etc.
[1913 Webster]

6. (Amer. Colleges) The body of person to whom are intrusted
the government and instruction of a college or university,
or of one of its departments; the president, professors,
and tutors in a college.
[1913 Webster]

{Dean of faculty}. See under {Dean}.

{Faculty of advocates}. (Scot.) See under {Advocate}.

Syn: Talent; gift; endowment; dexterity; expertness;
cleverness; readiness; ability; knack.
[1913 Webster]

安装中文字典英文字典查询工具!


中文字典英文字典工具:
选择颜色:
输入中英文单字

































































英文字典中文字典相关资料:


  • Oedipus – Mythopedia
    Oedipus, son of Laius and Jocasta, was a Theban hero and king, destined to unknowingly kill his father and marry his mother He was also famous for defeating the Sphinx
  • Amphion – Mythopedia
    Amphion was a son of Zeus and Antiope He and his twin brother Zethus were Greek heroes and joint kings of Thebes, whose walls they built themselves But Amphion and his wife Niobe met a sad end when Apollo and Artemis massacred their children to punish Niobe for her arrogance
  • Cyclops (Play) – Mythopedia
    Euripides’ Cyclops is the only surviving satyr play from antiquity It is a burlesque retelling of the myth of Odysseus and the Cyclops Polyphemus
  • Ismene – Mythopedia
    Ismene was one of the children of Oedipus and Jocasta She tried to prevent her sister Antigone from burying their fallen brother Polynices, as this was against the law
  • Eteocles – Mythopedia
    Eteocles was a son of Oedipus, though he and his brother Polynices were both cursed by their father for dishonoring him When Eteocles failed to respect a prior agreement to share the Theban throne with Polynices, a war broke out between the two brothers, claiming both their lives
  • Tiresias – Mythopedia
    Tiresias, a famous blind prophet, played a central role in the mythology of Thebes His knowledge, experiences, and abilities far surpassed those of ordinary mortals: Tiresias lived as both a man and a woman, spoke with the gods, and advised heroes such as Odysseus—even after death
  • Greek Mythology – Mythopedia
    Greek mythology is the body of work detailing the origins of the ancient Hellenic world and the many deities who ruled over it It includes the histories of gods and goddesses, heroes and monsters, as well as explanations for many important religious rituals
  • Antigone – Mythopedia
    Antigone, at least in most traditions, was one of the children born from Oedipus’ incestuous union with his mother Jocasta She was a model of filial devotion, helping her ailing father after his downfall and later defying the impious edicts of her uncle Creon
  • Sphinx – Mythopedia
    The Sphinx was a hybrid creature, usually represented with the features of a woman and a lion, as well as (sometimes) the wings of a bird The Sphinx plagued the Greek city of Thebes until she was finally outmatched by Oedipus
  • Greek Heroes – Mythopedia
    The Greek heroes were a group of especially notable or superhuman mortals from myth In Greek religion, they were often worshipped in “hero cult” after they died





中文字典-英文字典  2005-2009