​facility、faculty和potential用法辨析

facility、faculty和potential用法辨析

它们作名词都有“才能”的意思，但是用法和涵义上有差别：

1.facility n. [正式] 天赋，才能，天资，

指与生俱来的学习或做某事的能力。

She has a facility for languages.

她有语言天赋。

He and Marcia shared a facility for languages.

他和马西娅都有语言天赋。

He has an amazing facility for mental arithmetic.

他有惊人的心算能力。

She plays the violin with surprising facility.

她拉小提琴的天赋令人惊讶。

He has a facility for designing beautiful clothes for women.

他有为妇女设计漂亮服装的能力。

2.faculty n. [正式] 才能，技能

指擅长做某事的特殊才能或技能。

the faculty of understanding complex issues

理解复杂问题的能力

She has a great faculty for adapting new environments.

她适应新环境的能力很强。

He had the faculty of dealing with tough problems.

他有处理棘手问题的能力。

He had a faculty for seeing his own mistakes.

他具有看到自己错误的能力。

George has a faculty for inspiring confidence in people.

乔治具有激发他人信心的能力。

3.potential n. 潜力，潜能，潜质

指虽已具备但尚未发挥出来的能力。

She has the potential to become an interpreter.

她有潜力成为一名口译工作者。

She has great potential as an artist.

她很有潜质，是一位可造就的艺术家。

He is a young singer with great potential.

他是一名很有潜力的年轻歌手。

All children should be encouraged to realize their full potential .

应当鼓励所有的儿童充分发挥他们的潜能。

He has the potential to become a world-class musician.

他有潜力成为世界级的音乐家。

The house has a lot of potential.

这所房子颇具潜力。

Education and training is the key that will unlock our nation's potential.

教育和培训是发掘我们国家潜力的关键。

The support systems to enable women to realize their potential at work are seriously inadequate

使妇女在工作中发挥潜力的支持体系严重不足。

My father was very keen that I should fulfill my potential

我父亲热切地希望我能够发挥出自身的潜力。

Davies is still raw but his potential shows.

戴维斯还是新人，但已经显示出了他的潜力。