- [uncountable]
power and influence 影响力；势力 political/financial clout 政治／经济势力 I knew his opinion carried a lot of clout with them. 我知道他的观点对他们很有影响力。
Extra ExamplesThe companies used their clout to influence policy. 公司运用自身的影响力来左右政策。 This movie is an opportunity to increase his clout in Hollywood. 这部电影是提升他在好莱坞影响力的一个机会。 a politician with enormous clout 有巨大影响力的从政者 the growing political clout of the army 军队日益增长的政治影响力 The government cannot ignore the growing political clout of the security forces. 政府不能忽视安全部队日益增长的政治影响力。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- considerable
- enormous
- economic
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- carry
- have
- wield
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- [countable, usually singular] (especially British English, informal)
a hard hit with the hand or a hard object （用手或硬物的）击，打 You’re not too big for a clout round the ear! 你个头不算大，不适合打耳光！
Word OriginOld English clūt (in the sense ‘a patch or metal plate’); related to Dutch kluit ‘lump, clod’, also to cleat and clot. The shift of sense to ‘heavy blow’, which dates from late Middle English, is difficult to explain; possibly the change occurred first in the verb (from ‘put a patch on’ to ‘hit hard’).