身上帶著的能力
這一組是核心本身：一種你已經具備、隨時能動用的能力。差別在於一個是人人都有的基本功能，一個是某個人特別突出的那一項。
mental/physical faculty · noun · C1
A natural power of the mind or body, such as being able to see, hear, or think clearly.
官能
核心畫面
Picture a power you already have and can use — seeing, hearing, remembering, judging. That is what a faculty is: a capacity, something you are equipped with. The university senses look unrelated until you notice they are the same idea applied to knowledge: a faculty was a branch of learning you were qualified to practise, and then the people qualified to teach it. Ability first, department second.
可以想成 faculty 是「你身上已經配備好、可以拿來用的一種能力」—— 看得見、聽得到、記得住、判斷得出來。大學…更多收起
可以想成 faculty 是「你身上已經配備好、可以拿來用的一種能力」—— 看得見、聽得到、記得住、判斷得出來。大學裡的那兩個意思乍看毫不相干，但把它放回這個畫面就通了：一個 faculty 本來指的是你有資格從事的一門學問，後來指有資格教這門學問的那群人。先有能力，才有系所。From the word’s history
From Latin facultas 'power, ability, capability, opportunity' (linked to facilis 'easy to do' and facere 'to do'). The academic sense appears in the late 14c. on the notion of 'ability in knowledge' or 'body of persons on whom are conferred specific professional powers'; originally each department was a faculty, and the 'whole teaching staff of a college' sense dates from 1767.
來自拉丁文 facultas「力量、能力、辦得到」（與 facilis「容易做」、facere「做」同源）。學術上的用法大約在 14 世紀末出現，取的正是「在某門知識上的能力」或「被授予某種專業權限的一群人」這個意思；一開始每一個系就是一個 faculty，而「全校教師」這個用法要到 1767 年才有。所以「能力」和「學院」不是兩個字，是同一個字的兩段人生。
Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com/word/faculty)
Two branches
大學裡的一門學問，和教它的人
把「能力」放進大學：一個 faculty 原本指的是一門你有資格從事的學問（法學、醫學、神學），後來連帶指開設這門學問的單位，再後來在美式英文裡整個變成「全校老師」。所以看到 faculty 出現在校園新聞裡，底層還是那個「被授予專業能力的人」。
faculty (university division) · noun · B2
A group of related departments in a university that teach one main subject area.
學院
原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
facultynoun/ˈfæk.əl.ti/
- 1
The academic staff at schools, colleges, universities or not-for-profit research institutes, as opposed to the students or support staff.
- 2
A division of a university.
- She transferred from the Faculty of Science to the Faculty of Medicine.
- 3
An ability, power, or skill.
- He lived until he reached the age of 90 with most of his faculties intact.
- What a piece of work is a man! how noble in reason! how infinite in faculty!
- 4
An authority, power, or privilege conferred by a higher authority.
- Unless he has bi-ritual faculties, the Latin priest must baptize and confirm the Eastern rite person, whether infant or adult, according to the liturgical books of the Latin church ( canon 846 , §2 ).
- 5
A licence to make alterations to a church.
- 6
The members of a profession.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。