易混淆的单词： NOUS

Bureaucrats with little investment nous are in charge .

在其位的，是那些缺乏投资常识的官僚。

Perhaps that shows a lack of public-relations nous .

也许是因为缺少公共关系常识。

But on balance , the summation in his epilogue is probably correct : philosophical self-examination is not a reliable source of happiness or political nous .

总之，他结尾处的概括应该是正确的：哲学意义上的自我检视不是快乐和政治理性的可靠来源。

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。

Although malaysia had few skilled biologists , its politicians decided to build biovalley on the ruins of entertainment village , an attempt to create a malaysian hollywood that failed for lack of media nous .

尽管马来西亚只有极少的技术优秀的生物学家，政客们还是决定在欢乐山庄的废墟上建筑生物谷，欢乐山庄是一次打造马来西亚的好莱坞却因为缺失媒体常识而失败的尝试。