在美国当代英语语料库统计的20000个常用词中，faculty排在第1998位，在4.5亿个单词中出现了20104次。今天我们就一起来看看faculty的日常用法。

频率最高的搭配：

形容词搭配：part-time faculty> full-time faculty>academic faculty> senior faculty>junior faculty>tenured faculty(终身聘用的教员）

名词搭配：faculty member> university faculty> faculty staff

动词搭配：teach+faculty>join +faculty>hire +faculty

词义解析：

1. [ C ]（通常使用复数名词）官能，机能
Is he in command/possession of all his faculties (= can he still hear, speak, see, and think clearly)? 他身体一切机能都正常吗？
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[ C ] 能力，才能
She has a faculty for cheering others up. 她具有让别人振奋的能力。

2.（高等院校的）系，院
 the Psychology/Law Faculty
（英式英语） the Faculty of Science 理学院
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（高等院校中院系的）全体教师
He has been a faculty member at the college for 20 years.

 

在美国当代英语语料库统计的20000个常用词中，flow作为名词的用法排在第1997位，作为动词则排在第2793位。今天我们就一起来看看flow的日常用法。

频率最高的搭配：

形容词搭配：free flow> steady flow>natural flow> constant flow>current flow>international flow>financial flow

名词搭配：cash flow> blood flow>water flow

动词搭配：increase +flow >control+flow>stop+flow

词义解析：

v. 1.（尤指液体、气体或电）流动
Many short rivers flow into the sea. 许多小河汇入海洋。

2. 持续抵达；持续供应（或生产）
Please keep the money flowing in! 请继续投钱进来！

3.飘垂；飘拂
Her long red hair flowed down over her shoulders. 她红色的长发飘垂在肩头。

n. 1. [ C ] 通常用单数形式，流动，向某方向的移动
the flow of a river 河水的流动
the flow of traffic 车流

2.大量
There's been a steady flow of visitors. 参观者络绎不绝。

不断的供应；流，流动
the flow of information信息的流动

常见俚语：

against the flow  逆流而动，与主流背道而驰
With this new book, she is going against the flow. 她的这本新书与主流背道而驰。

2. go with the flow 随波逐流

3. ebb and flow （有规律的）涨落，起伏
You have to accept the ebb and flow of life. 你得承受生活中的起起伏伏。