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

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。
This will require conviction as well as nous.
这将需要信念与机敏两者兼备。
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。
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。
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？
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。
She has great social nous.
他有了不起的社会常识。
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。
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。