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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Born in Hong Kong in 1947, Dr Chan initially studied home economics at college; few then would have predicted that commitment and political nous would propel her into the top job in international public health.
  陈冯富珍1947年出生于香港，大学最初念家政学那时谁也料不到，凭着敬业和政治悟性，她会登上国际公共卫生领域的头把交椅。
• 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。