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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• I am very glad to have the opportunity of meeting you. she has great social nous.
  非常高兴有机会认识您。他有了不起的社会常识。
• Bureaucrats with little investment nous are in charge.
  在其位的，是那些缺乏投资常识的官僚。
• 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。
• 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。
• An attempt has been made in this disquisition to explore the cause of the construction and study of a new knowledge view in the modern knowledge society with a viewpoint that the traditional nous dimensionality, bloor's social dimensionality and rouse's practical dimensionality might be integrated together.
  本文对现代知识社会建构新的知识观的研究进路进行了尝试性探索，认为可以把传统的理性维度和布鲁尔的社会维度、劳斯的实践维度结合在一起。
• 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。