能施壓的實力
把身體的力氣借給組織：一個團體有沒有 muscle，講的是它推得動別人到什麼程度。
clout, influence · noun · B2
Power or influence that lets a group or person get what they want.
影響力
核心畫面
One way to picture muscle: the band of tissue under your skin that tightens and pulls a bone into place. Because muscle is what does the pulling, English also uses it for raw strength, for the weight a group can throw around, and for shoving your way forward through a crowd.
可以想成 muscle 是皮膚底下那條會收縮的組織：一縮，骨頭就被拉動。因為出力的正是它，英文乾脆用這個字來講純粹的…更多收起
可以想成 muscle 是皮膚底下那條會收縮的組織：一縮，骨頭就被拉動。因為出力的正是它，英文乾脆用這個字來講純粹的力氣、一個團體能施加的壓力，以及在人群裡硬擠出一條路的那個動作。From the picture
動詞：硬擠過去
把力氣直接用出來：不繞路、不排隊，靠身體推開一條路。
force your way through · verb · B2
To push your way somewhere using your strength, especially through a crowd or past other people.
硬擠
Also in this word
muscle, body · noun · B2
One of the soft parts inside your body that tightens to move your bones and body parts.
肌肉
physical strength · noun · B2
Physical strength; the power of your body to do hard work.
力氣
原始詞典資料7 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
musclenoun/ˈmʌs.əl/
- 1
A contractile form of tissue which animals use to effect movement.
- Muscle consists largely of actin and myosin filaments.
- For as the Trunk of the Body, is kept from tilting forvvard by the Muſcules of the Back: So, from falling backvvard, by theſe of the Belly.
- 2
An organ composed of muscle tissue.
- His brow and hair and the palms of his hands were wet, and there was a kind of nervous contraction of his muscles. They seemed to ripple and string tense.
- You, Boxer, the very day that those great muscles of yours lose their power, Jones will sell you to the knacker […]
- 3
A well-developed physique, in which the muscles are enlarged from exercise.
- 2008, Lou Schuler, "Foreward", in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xii The fact that I was middle-aged, bald, married, and raising girls instead of chasing them didn't really bother me. Muscles are cool at any age.
- 4
Strength, force.
- The widely-backed campaign to recall Evan Mecham as governor of Arizona gained even more muscle when the state House of Representatives voted to impeach the ultraconservative on February 5.
- The lesson to be drawn from the events of 1914, to Roosevelt's mind, was that civilization needed muscle to defend it, not just solemn words.
- 5
Hired strongmen or bodyguards.
- It was easy enough to dodge him, let him crash into the floorboards. Peltroc knew that his priority was the leader, not the hired muscle.
muscleverb/ˈmʌs.əl/
- 1
To use force to make progress, especially physical force.
- He muscled his way through the crowd.
- Hensel and Wilson hit a series of leg shots simultaneously as Christian muscles between them with Quinn right on his heels.
- 2
To move forcefully or with great strength.
- She muscled through the ruins.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。