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

• As the core conception of Italian Renaissance Art theories, disegno put emphasis on nous spirit and is more wider than the conception of drawing in common use.
  “迪塞诺”是意大利文艺复兴时期艺术理论中的一个核心概念，它强调绘画的理性精神，比现在通用的素描的概念更为宽泛一些。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• She had the business nous to buy property just before prices went up.
  她具备做生意的常识，在价格上涨之前买进房地产。
• 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。
• How could the man with the nous to stop Hillary Clinton ever have let this happen?
  此人既然具备击败希拉里克林顿（hillaryclinton）的机智，怎么会让这种情况发生呢？
• She has great social nous.
  他有了不起的社会常识。