nous
英 [naʊs]
美 [naʊs]
n. 智力; 理性; 常识
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.- 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。 - 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。
- Few ministers have the nous or the instinct required to understand the ramifications...
英英释义
noun
- that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings
- his mind wandered
- I couldn't get his words out of my head
- common sense
- she has great social nous
双语例句
- 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。 - 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? - This will require conviction as well as nous.
这将需要信念与机敏两者兼备。 - 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。 - He has a certain amount of social nous.
他颇有些社交常识。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Parts of this story are familiar, but the authors bring to it an impressive wealth of analytical detail and political nous.
故事的某些内容已为人所熟知,但两位作者赋予了故事丰富的分析细节和政治掌故,给人留下了深刻印象。 - 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。