🇬🇧🇨🇳 faculty - 能力 : English Lesson

Meaning of "faculty" ("能力"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A faculty is a special natural power your body or mind has that helps you do things. Your eyes give you the faculty of seeing, your ears give you the faculty of hearing, your brain gives you the faculty of thinking and remembering, and your muscles give you the faculty of moving. These are abilities you are born with that help you sense the world and use your mind.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

I tried using my faculty of memory to remember homework, but it prefers to store song lyrics instead.

My eyes have a special faculty for spotting candy, but not for finding my own shoes.

Our dog has the impressive faculty of shaking water on every human within ten feet.

My faculty of smell turned on instantly when someone whispered the word “pizza.”

Humans have five main sensory faculties—seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, and touching.

On the beach, a blind child smiled as the sea wind found her faculty of hearing. Her hearing faculty picked up gull cries; her touch faculty felt wet sand; her memory faculty showed her last summer. Each faculty helped her find the shell. She held it, eyes closed, and laughed—safe, sure, and grateful.

This word is at the C1 level, which means it’s part of advanced English. It’s used in sophisticated conversations, professional settings, and academic discussions. Words at this level help you express yourself fluently and precisely in nuanced situations.

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