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clout

英 [klaʊt] 好意思 [klaʊt]

n.猛击；影响力 [英]破布. v.猛击

◉词源

“Clout”源自古英语“clūt”，意为“布片、补丁”，与日耳曼语系“*klūto”（块状物）磋商。14世纪参加英语，初指“击”或“猛击”，铝皮保温17世纪推论为“影响力、权势”，尤指社会或政力量，常用于描画或声望。

◉外刊例句

·《The Guardian》 (225年8月15日)

Her clout shaped the policy.

她的影响力塑造了这项策略。

·《The New York Times》 (224年12月1日)

He lacks the clout to lead.

他枯竭的权势。

◉经典名著

·《自尊与偏见》（Pride and Prejudice） by Jane Austen (1813)广州管道保温施工

His clout won her family’s respect.

他的影响力取得了她族的尊重。

·《双城记》（A Tale of Two Cities） by Charles Dickens (1859)

Her clout swayed the crowd.

她的权势影响了东谈主群。

◉Usage Examples

(1) He has a lot of clout with the board of directors.

(2) They gained considerable political clout.

(1) 他对董事会有很大的影响力。

(2) 他们取得了可不雅的政影响力。

◉Usage Notes

When you speak of someone having clout, it usually means that they communicate a sense of power or influence, particularly in the political sense. "You’ll wanna talk to that big guy over there if you want me to let you in. He’s got clout."

Clout can also mean to hit someone really hard — either the hit you give (“that’s a big clout he just landed”) or the act of hitting (“she clouted him with a baseball bat”). Of course, the sense of having power and the actual hitting are related, since clout is something to be wielded — either physically or figuratively. Note: it's not just tough guys who have clout. China is said to have "growing economic clout," and Oprah is known to have significant clout in the media industry.

◉柯林斯辞书

1. [VERB 动词]；击 If you clout someone, you hit them. [V n] [V n on n] [INFORMAL 非流露]

Rachel clouted him...

雷切尔揍了他下。

The officer clouted her on the head.

窥探了她的头。

Clout is also a noun.

I was half tempted to give one of them a clout myself.

我我方齐颠倒思给他们某个东谈主拳。

2. [N-UNCOUNT 不成数名词]影响力；权势 A person or institution that has clout has influence and power. [INFORMAL 非流露]

Mr Sutherland may have the clout needed to push the two trading giants into a deal...

萨瑟兰先生也许有才气促使两大交易巨头散伙左券。

The two firms wield enormous clout in financial markets.

两公司在金融阛阓有格外大的影响力广州管道保温施工。