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。
2clinch itinformalDECIDE 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 prettysure 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 announcementyesterday 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 decidingframe.• 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 CEOflew to Paris to clinch the deal.• A last-minutetouchdownclinched the game for the Saints.• But those involved in ententefloral 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.