nous

英 [naʊs]

美 [naʊs]

n.  智力; 理性; 常识

医学

BNC.33900 / COCA.24853

牛津词典

noun

• 智力；理性；常识
  intelligence and the ability to think and act in a practical way

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 智力;常识;理性
  Nousis intelligence or common sense.
  1. Few ministers have the nous or the instinct required to understand the ramifications...
     没有几个大臣具备理解这些后果所需要的理性或直觉。
  2. He is a man of extraordinary vitality, driving ambition and political nous.
     他是一个精力非凡、志向远大、政治上很有见识的人。

英英释义

noun

• that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings
  1. his mind wandered
  2. I couldn't get his words out of my head
  Synonym:mindheadbrainpsyche
• common sense
  1. she has great social nous

双语例句

• She has great social nous.
  他有了不起的社会常识。
• Nor have Japanese companies always been good at integrating their foreign acquisitions or at extracting synergies. They have at times lacked the nous to do well in emerging markets, producing goods that are too pricey for poorer consumers.
  在整合海外并购资产或者取得协同效应方面，日本企业也不总是精通此道。它们有时缺乏在新兴市场取胜的常识，对于较贫穷的消费者而言，它们的产品过于昂贵。
• None of them had the nous to shut the door when the fire broke out.
  他们谁也不懂得失火时要关上门。
• His "nous" isn t pure spiritual origin against substance, while it is a complex of "power"," soul" and "reason".
  阿氏的“奴斯”并不是与物质相对立的纯精神性本原，而是“力”和“灵魂”及“理智”等多重含义的复合体。
• Bureaucrats with little investment nous are in charge.
  在其位的，是那些缺乏投资常识的官僚。
• If only for its own sake, the 1% needs to show a bit of nous.
  哪怕是为了自己着想，1%阵营也应该有点头脑。
• In the general sense it means that nous or spirit ( the more profound idea of nous in modern thought) is the cause of the world.
  广义来说，这话意思是，心灵或精神（精神意指心灵之较深刻的意义）是世界的原因。
• This will require conviction as well as nous.
  这将需要信念与机敏两者兼备。
• The same managerial nous is claimed by a remarkably similar Republican candidate in the Senate race.
  在参议院竞选中，一个极为相似的共和党候选人也提出了同样的管理理念。
• Whereas publishers have long acknowledged the potential volatility of their flagship products, Big Pharma marketed itself as an exemplar of strategic nous and straight-line growth.
  出版商早已认识到自己的旗舰产品具有很大的潜在波动性，大制药公司却把自己营造为战略智慧和直线增长的典范。