clout
音标：
/klaʊt/
英英释义：
①If you clout someone, you hit them.【v/n.打;击】
②A person or institution that has clout has influence and power.【n.影响力;权势】
例句：
①The officer clouted her on the head.
警察打了她的头。
②If the photocopier stops working just give it a clout.
如果那部影印机停止运转的话就敲它一下。
③The two firms wield enormous clout in financial markets.
两家公司在金融市场有非常大的影响力。
④The problem, for those who love freedom, is that the young lack political clout.
对于那些热切希望保持自由状态的人们来说，年轻人在政治上缺少发言权是一个难以解决的问题。
拓展：
这个单词最常见的意思是“影响力”，通常搭配是“financial/political clout”经济/政治影响力，经常会在外刊中出现，大家可以留意一下~
固定搭配：
on the off-chance
心存侥幸地；怀着渺茫希望地
英英释义：
If you do something on the off-chance, you do it because you hope that it will succeed, although you think that this is unlikely.
例句：
①He had taken a flight to Paris on the off-chance that he might be able to meet Francesca.
他搭飞机去了巴黎，心想着或许能遇到弗朗西丝卡。
②An American visitor who had turned up on the off-chance of catching a glimpse of the princess.
为有幸一睹王妃风采而前来的美国游客
