clinch

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clinch1 /klɪntʃ/ verb

1 [transitiveT]WIN to finally agree on something or get something after trying very hard 最终获[赢]得

a young salesman eager to clinch the deal

一名急于想做成这笔生意的年轻推销员

clinch a match/championship/victory etc

A last-minute touchdown clinched the game.

凭最后一分钟的达阵赢得了这场比赛。

2 clinch it informalDECIDE if an event, situation, process etc clinches it, it makes someone finally decide to do something that they were already thinking of doing 使〔某人〕最终下决心

We’d talked about moving, and the burglary clinched it for us.

我们以前也谈过搬家，这次家里被盗促使我们最终下定了决心。

Examples from the Corpus

clinch it• Go for the key points - the points that sustain the argument and help to clinch it.• I was pretty sure before I went up to her apartment, but that clinched it.• It was the third day that clinched it.• Suppose we don't clinch it?• This seemed to clinch it for both of them.• The offer of a company car was what clinched it for me, and I accepted the job.• Then Deutschlandsender made their announcement yesterday that Hess had flown the coop and I think that clinched it for them.• The signature at the bottom, clinched it: Jane Doe - which is a synonym for The-Woman-in-the-Street.

3. [intransitiveI]HOLD if two people clinch, they hold each other’s arms tightly, especially when fighting 扭打成一团

Examples from the Corpus

clinch• White clinched a quarter-final place when he potted the last red and colours to the pink in the deciding frame.• The signature at the bottom, clinched it: Jane Doe - which is a synonym for The-Woman-in-the-Street.• Perhaps the establishment of the Sydney Opera House clinched its victory for bragging rights.• Germany scored twice in the last ten minutes to clinch the championship.• We finally clinched the contract by offering them a lower price.• Mitchell phoned from Chicago to say that he was close to clinching the deal.• Our company's CEO flew to Paris to clinch the deal.• A last-minute touchdown clinched the game for the Saints.• But those involved in entente floral feel at least they would have had a fighting chance of clinching the title.• Villeneuve came to Suzuka with a nine-point lead over Michael Schumacher in the standings and could have clinched the title.

clinch ... deal• Advertising creates the interest and the desire, but personal selling clinches the deal.• And they also need a catch-all range of facial expressions to help clinch the deal.• She confessed to being a good but plain cook and she wanted to create the right setting to clinch the deal.• The only major obstacle remaining, mutual recognition, has clinched the deal.• They clinched the deal for the Norwich defender just six minutes before the deadline.• But although Maxine Johnson of the Founders still had doubts, he clinched the deal with his easy and cheerful manner.

clinch2 noun [countableC]

1. HOLDa situation in which two people hold each other’s arms tightly, especially when they are fighting 〔尤指两人打架时的〕扭抱

2. HOLDa situation in which two people who love each other hold each other tightly 〔相爱的人之间的〕拥抱 SYN embrace

Examples from the Corpus

clinch• McGuire takes a count of six then, breaking from a clinch, he crosses with a right that finds the throat.• Benichou emerged from a clinch with a cut mouth.• He made films that were designed basically for the drive-in movie, to be glimpsed between clinches.• When Othello and Desdemona lovingly embrace, Iago grabs his wife in a rough, lewdly competitive clinch.• And that's a pretty icky and dishonest clinch.• But how does it perform in the clinches?

From Longman Business Dictionary

clinchclinch /klɪntʃ/ verb [transitiveT]

to finally succeed in getting or winning something

Advertising creates the interest, but personal selling clinches the deal.

Origin clinch1

(1500-1600) Probably from clench

clinch1 verbclinch2 noun

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