英语词汇“facultative”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

faculty /fakˈəl-ti/

noun

Facility or power to act

Any particular ability or aptitude

An original power of the mind

Any physical or mental capability or function

Personal quality or endowment

Right, authority or privilege to act

Licence or authorization

A department of learning at a university, or the professors and lecturers constituting it

The staff of a school, college or university (N American)

The members of a profession

Executive ability

ORIGIN: Fr faculté, from L facultās, -ātis, from facilis easy

facˈultātive adjective

Optional
Incidental
Of or relating to a faculty
Conferring privilege, permission or authority
(eg of anaerobes) able but not obliged to function in the way specified (zoology)

facˈultatively adverb

facultative parasite noun (biology)

A parasite able to live on dead or decaying organic matter as well as on its living host (cf obligate parasite under oblige)

Court of Faculties

A court established by Henry VIII, whereby authority is given to the Archbishop of Canterbury to grant dispensations and faculties

Faculty of Advocates

The Scottish college of advocates