nous

名词 nous:

1. common sense
2. that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason
   同义词：mind, head, brain, psyche

1. 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。

nous

n.（名词）
Philosophy
【哲学】
Reason and knowledge as opposed to sense perception.
理性，知性：与感性相对的理性和知识
The rational part of the individual human soul.
单个人灵魂的理性部分
The principle of the cosmic mind or soul responsible for the rational order of the cosmos.
宇宙法则：宇宙心灵或灵魂的法则，对宇宙的理性秩序负责
In Stoicism, the equivalent of Logos.
在坚忍主义中，与劳格斯平等
In Neo-Platonism, the image of the absolute good, containing the cosmos of intelligible beings.
奴斯：在新柏拉图主义中，作为绝好的形象，包括易领悟的生物宇宙
Chiefly British Good sense; shrewdness:
【多用于英国】 理性；明智：
例句：
.Hillela had the nous to take up with the General when he was on the up-and-up again.(Nadine Gordimer)
.当他又一次有希望时，赫莱拉机智地向将军提出抗议.(纳戴恩·戈迪默)

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Greek
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