nous
nous 英 [naʊs] 美 [nus, naʊs]
n. 理性；精神；心灵；常识
名词复数:nouss
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- n. 理性；精神；心灵；常识
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1. This ‘triangulation’ is the combination of hardheaded data analysis, coupled with business nous.
这种‘三角法’是脚踏实地的数据分析加上商业常识的配合。
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2. Bureaucrats with little investment nous are in charge.
在其位的，是那些缺乏投资常识的官僚。
- nous (n.) slang for "intelligence, common sense," 1706, from Greek nous, Attic form of noos "mind, intellect," which was taken in English in philosophy 1670s. The Greek word is of uncertain origin. Beekes writes, "No doubt an old inherited verbal noun ..., though there is no certain etymology."
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