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。
• 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。
• His marriage of political power and commercial nous has made him one of the richest men in a region of very rich men.
  谢赫哈马德集政治权力与商业智慧于一身，使他成为这个充满富翁的地区最富有的人之一。
• 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。
• This will require conviction as well as nous.
  这将需要信念与机敏两者兼备。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• She has great social nous.
  他有了不起的社会常识。