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

• 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 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。
• But without new obligations, some doubt the most flawed retail banks will have the nous to reform.
  但有些人怀疑，在缺乏新约束的情况下，多数存在缺陷的零售银行不会拥有改革的意愿。
• 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。
• 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。
• In the first ever international assessment of financial nous among the young, China's most populous city leads the field "by a wide margin" compared with teenagers in the US, France, Italy, Australia and elsewhere.
  在迄今首个针对青少年金融常识的国际评估中，与美国、法国、意大利、澳大利亚和其他国家的青少年相比，中国人口最多的城市&上海处于遥遥领先的位置。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？