clout
[klaut]
n. 猛击, 影响力
[英]破布
v. 猛击
例句与用法:
He has a lot of clout with the board of directors.
他对董事会有很大的影响力。
He gave the little boy a clout on the head.
他在那小男孩的头部打了一下。
Political power or influence; clout.
权势政治权力或影响力; 神通,力量,影响
词形变化:
动词过去式: clouted | 动词过去分词: clouted | 动词现在分词: clouting | 动词第三人称单数: clouts |
n.
1. 破布
2. 【棒】长打
3. 【口】(用手)敲打
4. 力量; 影响; 影响力
That businessman has a lot of clout at city hall.
那位商人在市府里很有影响力。
vt.
1. (用手)猛击
2. 击出长打(棒球)
clout
过去式:clouted
过去分词:clouted
现在进行时:clouting
词形变化:
动词过去式: clouted | 动词过去分词: clouted | 动词现在分词: clouting | 动词第三人称单数: clouts |
词义辨析:
同义:
vt.猛击
rap
hit
bat
knock
strike
n.影响力; 权力
influence
power
同义参见:
whack
weight
wallop
thump
buffet1
slug4
beat
bat1
clout[klaut]n.1.■[口语](用手的)打击,掌击,敲击;一巴掌2.■[美国俚语](棒球的)猛击球,长打3.■[口语](影响政治决定的)能力;势力,影响力;权势;门路4.■(射箭的)靶心;(箭的)命中,中靶的一箭5.■[古语](布等的)补丁;碎布;破布;布片(尤指擦碗布、抹布等)6.■=clout nailvt.1.■[口语] (尤指用手)打击,用巴掌打:He clouted her head.他用手掌打她的头部。2.■[古语]缝补,补缀,给…打补丁3.■[美国俚语]【棒球】打长球;猛击:He clouted the ball into the south stands.他把球打到南边的看台上去。4.■[美国英语](混在商店顾客中)扒窃have clout有权势的
cloutclout[klaut]n.余料1.■[英、方]补钉; 破布; 揩布2.■婴儿的衣服3.■(箭的)靶心; 命中的一箭4.■神通; 影响; 权势5.■鞋底的角铁; 鞋底的大头钉6.■(拳击)打击; 击球; [口](用指关节往头上的)一敲, 一击7.■垫圈8.■流量孔板clout nail鞋底大头钉给...打补钉; 给(鞋底)打角铁In the clout! 命中! 射中! vt,9.■[口](用手)猛击, 敲打10.■[古, 方](用布片等)补; 用布擦
继承用法clout-shoen.1.■穿布鞋的人; 农民cloutedadj.1.■打了补钉的, 打了角铁的
noun
- (informal)a heavy blow with the hand or a hard object
(非正式)(用手、硬物的)重击
a clout round the ear.
一记耳光。 - [mass noun](informal)influence or power, especially in politics or business
(非正式)(尤指政治、商业的)影响;势力
I knew he carried a lot of clout.
我知道他很有势力。 - (archaic)a piece of cloth or clothing, especially one used as a patch
(古)碎布;衣服(尤指补丁) - (Archery)a target twelve times the usual size, used in long-distance shooting. It is placed flat on the ground with a flag marking its centre
(射箭)远程箭靶
■a shot that hits such a target
中靶的一箭 - short for clout nail
clout nail 的简称
[with obj.]
- (informal)hit hard with the hand or a hard object
(非正式)(以手或硬物)重击
I clouted him round the head.
我重击他的头部。 - (archaic)mend with a patch
(古)(用补丁)缝补
ne'er cast a clout till May be out
- (proverb)a warning not to discard one's winter clothes until the end of May. sense 3
(谚)五月不过,冬衣不脱
- Old 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')
clout
名词 clout:
a target used in archery
special advantage or influence
同义词:pull
a short nail with a flat head; used to attach sheet metal to wood
同义词:clout nail
(boxing) a blow with the fist
动词 clout:
strike hard, especially with the fist
clout
■A like every day makes a clout on Sunday /If you always wear your best clothes they will soon wear out
"平时穿衣无好歹,假日出门无新衣"
■The CDU looks likely to keep two state premiers it thought it would lose and thus hold on to more of its clout in the Bundesrat, the legislature's upper house.
CDU似乎有可能留住它之前曾担心将转换阵营的两位州长,因此它便可对议会上议院联邦参议院继续施加影响。
■The NIC appears relatively certain the EU will be "losing clout" by 2025.
NIC相对肯定地认为,欧盟可能在2025年“丧失政治影响力”。
■Svay said she likely likes the idea of the a European Union, because individual European countrys countries are too small to will wield much cloud clout in wel world affairs.
S说他喜欢欧盟这个思路,因为单个欧洲国家太小不能在国际事务中发挥影响。
■"All the evidence showed that Russia does not have that kind of clout in the Far East any more" (Joseph Kraft)
“所有证据都表明在远东地区俄罗斯不再具有那样的影响”(约瑟夫·克拉夫特)
■“Sometimes monastic officials wanted a child from a powerful local noble family to give the cloister more political clout.
“有时候宗教势力希望能从当地贵族的家庭里寻找一个孩子,以此来增加寺院的政治权力。
■“Economic clout is Taiwan's raison d'etre.
“经济实力就是台湾存在的理由。”
■solo clout
一分本垒打
■Together, those three companies supply more than 70% of the world's exported iron ore, and their efforts to consolidate could magnify their clout in commodity markets in the future.
上述三家公司的铁矿石供应量超过了全球铁矿石出口总量的70%,而这些公司之间计划进行的并购可能会进一步增强其在大宗商品市场上的影响力。
■No.While some schools hold a certain amount of clout with many large studios and their degrees are in fact well respected, like Ringling or Cal Arts for example, artistic jobs do not require a degree.
不需要,虽然一些学校的毕业生在一些很大的工作室中数量可观,而且他们的学历也很受人尊重,但是艺术性工作并不要求学历。
■The World Bank can use its clout with poorer countries to insist on reforms.
世界银行可利用它对较贫穷国家的影响力来坚持要求改革。
■In short, they're well-educated and have clout.
也就是说,他们受过良好的教育并具有影响力。
■Cast ne'er a clout till May is out.
五月以前衣不弃;勿操之过急。
■They fight the target to in the clout the rate as high as the mistake shot in the clout the rate!
他们打击目标的命中率和误击的命中率一样高!"美军在攻打巴格达机场时担心误炸对随军记者说。
■They gained considerable political clout.
他们赢得了可观的政治影响力。
■He gave the little boy a clout on the head.
他在那小男孩的头部打了一下。
■He has a lot of clout with the board of directors.
他对董事会有很大的影响力。
■He says the nations of the Pacific rim -a region which accounts for nearly half of all international trade - have the clout to move the stalled world trade talks forward.
他说太平洋沿岸国家几乎囊括了一半的国际贸易,它们有足够的影响力使已经停滞的世贸谈话继续进行下去.
■But the army's relative lack of clout has been reflected in a budget that Mr Juwono describes as covering just 30% of what is needed, though it is now being beefed up.
但从预算中可以淡出军队缺乏相对的权利,尤沃诺(Juwono)称这份预算仅涵盖所需的20%的经费,尽管军方预算现在正在扩充中。
■Yet at the same time, it does not want to hear regional demands, especially from Japan, for stronger anti-missile defences or other weaponry that would undermine its military clout.
但是同时,中国也不希望听到本地区国家,尤其是日本,要求配备更为强大的反导防御系统或者可能削弱其军事打击力量的武器。
■The DPG want DPJ wants to take gratical radical steps to weak weaken the political cloud clout of Japan's large consertative berockysiy conservative bureaucracy and big business.
但是对于是否他和他新的未经过考验的政府能从中获救这还得拭目以待。DPJ想迅速采取措施去削减日本保守派官僚和大型公司的政治影响力。
■But Fujian can use its new clout to gain speedier approvals in Beijing for big projects.
但是福建可以运用新“尚方宝剑”使大项目得到北京更快的批准。
■But private investors may have been durably scared by the union's display of clout.
但是私人投资者受到工会的这政治上的强烈恐吓。
■But the countries giving most are likely to wield most clout.
但是谁出的钱最多,谁在这个项目中就最有分量。
■But in the past two decades China has witnessed prodigious economic growth, with an increase in its military might and attendant political clout.
但是过去的二十年里,中国见证了惊人的经济增长,以及军事实力的增强和随之而来的政治影响力。
■Midrange manufacturers often have limited clout with suppliers, making across-the-board mandatory lead-time reductions unlikely.
但是那些中等规模的制造商对供应商的影响力是非常有限的,因此就未必能够如愿以偿地达成将供货周期缩短的双发协议。
■But China's market clout is not matched by its governance prowess.
但是,中国对市场的影响,与其治理能力并不相符。
■But with its own inefficient economy foundering, and with the GCC countries jointly wielding hundreds of billions of dollars in investment capital, it is the Arabs who now carry greater clout.
但是,伊朗由于低效率,经济日益衰落,而伊国内的几千亿投资资本也都攥在海湾合作委员会成员国的手中,现在看来还是阿拉伯国家的影响力更胜一筹。
■But a small firm like Hambrecht does not have enough clout to force its larger rivals to move with it.
但是,象Hambrecht这样的小机构,并没有足够的实力来迫使较大的竞争对手仿效它的做法。
■This is not enough clout on its own to trouble the trustbusters: in fact Sony BMG has a smaller European presence than Universal, the leading record company.
但这还不足够给反托拉斯者带来麻烦,因为实际上,在欧洲,相对于唱片公司的龙头环球唱片来说,索尼BMG的表现也未免相形失色。
■As the world's biggest advertiser, P&G has tremendous clout in adland.
作为全球最大的广告客户,宝洁现在举足轻重。
■His pick as director, Suzanne Rich Folsom, has more clout an her predecessor .
作为行长先生挑选的廉政机制部负责人福斯姆女士,似乎比前任更又影响力。
■You have clout with the mayor, You try it.
你对市长还有点影响力,你去试试看。
■The Russians have extended their empire, by sheer clout of arms, closer towards an oil-producing area where the people who own the oil Europe cannot live without are powerfully impressed by who has clout and who has not.
俄国人纯粹用武力将他们的王国扩张到一个产油地区的附近,而这一地区的人民拥有欧洲生存不可或缺的石油,同时他们对世界上谁有势力谁没有势力也是有深刻印象的。
■With the parliament largely emasculated, television under state control, the press muzzled and once autonomous regions shackled, the presidency has acquired enormous clout.
俄议会软弱无能;电视媒体受到政府控制;出版自由遭到钳制;曾一度自治的地区再次被套上枷锁;总统拥有无上的权力。
■Those parts of the economy with political clout, like farming and housebuilding, get subsidised credit from state-owned lenders whereas ordinary customers pay through the nose.
具有政治影响力的经济行业,如农业和房屋建造业,能够从国有借贷部门手中得到补贴信贷,而一般的顾客却要花费更多的钱才能得到需要的物品。
■Mr. Neely has a lot of clout around here.
内利先生在这一带很有影响力。
■military clout
军事实力; 军事力量
■Radar and Airframe Upgrades Boost U.S. EW Clout
军机雷达和机体升级增强了美国的电子战能力
■In the cold war Western strategists probably spent too much time worrying about the Soviet Union's military clout, and not enough analyzing its commercial frailties.
冷战中西方战略家们花了太多时间担心苏联的军事力量,却忽略了其经济上的脆弱。
■In the cold war Western strategists probably spent too much time worrying about the Soviet Union's military clout, and not enough analysing its commercial frailties.
冷战期间,西方战略家们可能把太多的时间花在对苏联军事实力过分担忧上了,而忽略了其在商业上脆弱的一面。
■cast never a clout till may is out
勿操之过急。
■Beijing is still inept at wielding its growing clout abroad and that the country's obsession with the Beijing Olympics reflected a "weak nation's psychology."
北京依然不善于对外展示其日益增长的力量,而且中国对北京奥运会的痴迷正反映了一种“弱国心态”。
■formidable clout
十分巨大的影响力
■For the first time in a decade, AOL and Microsoft each face an adversary with real clout
十多年来,AOL和微软破天荒第一次遇到了真正的敌手。
■WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Despite a surging economy and growing geopolitical clout, China ranks far below the United States in the opinion of Asian countries, a survey showed on Tuesday.
华盛顿(路透社):尽管有着浪潮般的经济和日益增长的地缘政治影响力,但在亚洲国家的眼中,中国远远落后于美国,周二,一个调查显示。
■Indonesia stumbles from crisis to crisis under President Wahid and the one person with the clout and popular suport to replace him prefers to sit in the wings.What makes Megawati so statie?
印尼在总统瓦希德的领导下危机四起,受民众支持、实力足以取代他的人却又在旁观看,梅嘉瓦蒂何以能够如此镇定?
■Even institutional investors such as pension funds and insurance companies, which ought to have the clout to force down fees, are paying more.
即使像养老基金和保险公司等应该有能力使基金费用下降的机构投资者现在也在支付更多的费用。
■Perhaps doctors or other ED personnel might have more clout in breaking through the voicemail barrier to connect with clinic schedulers, she said.
可能医生或其他急诊部人员可以在打破语音留言壁垒、联系诊所日常调度上有更多建树,她表示。
■Mr.Swartz elaborated on why his industry will make environmental progress only if its chiefs agree to an industry standard for greenness and use their combined clout to get their suppliers to meet it.
史瓦兹进一步说明,唯有业界领袖能就绿色企业的工业标准达成协议,且群策群力,引导供应商配合,才可能在环保上获致进展。