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

• Without even asking why they were a year late ( because Liz morcom MW had been ill and was moving house), I suggested they held the lunch Chez nous rather than in a restaurant as I thought it would be more relaxed.
  在没有问他们时间为何是一年后（因为葡萄酒大师莉斯莫科姆（lizmorcom）生病并搬家），我建议他们把午餐地点选在家中，而非餐厅，因为我认为那样会更轻松。
• The juniors expect to win, but, entre nous, their chances are not too good.
  三年级的学生想赢得比赛，但是你不要跟别人说，他们赢的机会并不大。
• This will require conviction as well as nous.
  这将需要信念与机敏两者兼备。
• 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。
• She has great social nous.
  他有了不起的社会常识。
• 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。
• But once it joined the risk-management game, Goldman steadily accumulated market nous.
  但是一旦高盛加入风险管理这项游戏，它就稳定地积累了市场知识。
• 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。
• Time period of Thales, who invented the idea of Nous.
  哲学之父泰勒斯时期，他发明了努斯（理智、精神、心灵）的观念。
• But other countries, with less financial nous and more debt, face red.
  而其它那些金融常识不足，债务绰绰有余的国家，就得面对红灯。