clout

1. V-T If you clout someone, you hit them. 打[非正式]

Rachel clouted him. 雷切爾打了他。

2. N-COUNT Clout is also a noun. 打

I was half tempted to give one of them a clout myself. 我幾乎都想親自去把他們儅中的一個打一頓。

3. N-UNCOUNT A person or institution that has clout has influence and power. 影響力[非正式]

Mr. Sutherland may have the clout needed to push the two trading giants into a deal. 薩瑟蘭先生可能具有影響力來促使兩大貿易巨頭達成交易。