名詞 nous:

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

1. None of them had the nous to shut the door when the fire broke out.
   他們誰也不懂得失火時要關(guān)上門。

nous

n.（名詞）
Philosophy
【哲學(xué)】
Reason and knowledge as opposed to sense perception.
理性，知性：與感性相對的理性和知識
The rational part of the individual human soul.
單個人靈魂的理性部分
The principle of the cosmic mind or soul responsible for the rational order of the cosmos.
宇宙法則：宇宙心靈或靈魂的法則，對宇宙的理性秩序負(fù)責(zé)
In Stoicism, the equivalent of Logos.
在堅忍主義中，與勞格斯平等
In Neo-Platonism, the image of the absolute good, containing the cosmos of intelligible beings.
奴斯：在新柏拉圖主義中，作為絕好的形象，包括易領(lǐng)悟的生物宇宙
Chiefly British Good sense; shrewdness:
【多用于英國】 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)
.當(dāng)他又一次有希望時，赫萊拉機智地向?qū)④娞岢隹棺h.(納戴恩·戈迪默)

來源：
Greek
希臘語