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clout [klaʊt] VB trans N

clout

(用手)敲 qiāo

clout

打 dǎ

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Only one group, it seems, has the clout to make the university turn censor. en.wikipedia.org

The conservatives retained enough clout, however, to limit the provisions of the original decrees. en.wikipedia.org

In wielding his enormous political clout, he usually preferred extensive consultations and consensus-building to unilateral decision-making. en.wikipedia.org

As an enormous port city, this metropolis benefits from substantial economic and political clout. en.wikipedia.org

Proficient planters, held in high regard by their peers, often exercised significant political clout in colonial governments. en.wikipedia.org

This allows campaigns to hold more clout and give survivors more self-confidence. en.wikipedia.org

Observers saw the merger as a sign of the difficult legal economy and an opportunity for the two firms to regain their lost clout. en.wikipedia.org

He has been known to wield considerable political clout because of his following. en.wikipedia.org

Later, memberships were restricted to aristocrats and others with noble titles, but eventually membership was open to anyone with sufficient money and clout. en.wikipedia.org

Has the thoughts unravel, he ends up injuring himself by clouting the wall out of agony. en.wikipedia.org

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