| 释义 |
‖ nisus|ˈnaɪsəs|
[L., noun of action f. nītī to strive, endeavour.]
Effort, endeavour, impulse.
1699Phil. Trans. XXI. 177 This condition of motion being chang'd, there is a lesser Nisus. 1741Monro Anat. Nerves (ed. 3) 34 This Nisus of the Mind to free the Body. 1752Hume Ess. & Treat. (1809) II. 476 No animal can put external bodies in motion without the sentiment of a nisus or endeavour. 1851Sir F. Palgrave Norm. & Eng. I. 39 Species and their varieties seem to have been produced by an inward nisus. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 248 When the nisus of web-spinning dominates the spider, when the nisus of nest-building dominates the bird. |