Definition of clinch in English:

clinch

verb klɪn(t)ʃklɪn(t)ʃ

[with object]

1Confirm or settle (a contract or bargain)
确定；决定，敲定（契约，交易）
the Texan wanted to impress him to clinch a business deal
这个得克萨斯人想打动他以便敲定一笔生意。
Example sentencesExamples
- EDS has clinched a contract worth up to $9 billion to supply the US Navy and Marine Corps with a single, seamless network.
- Admittedly, there's something deeply and darkly satisfying about clinching a bargain, and it brings out the worst in people.
- There was also a negotiation game which equipped the students with skills necessary to clinch important business deals.
- You clinch business deals and gain in financial transactions.
- Business strategists from Bolton have clinched themselves another valuable contract.
- He insisted there was strong business logic for clinching a deal with the Chinese company.
- After some haggling I clinched the bargain and drove away.
- Analysts say the Lockheed design may have clinched the contract for the company.
- A Calverley vehicle leasing company has clinched multi-million-pound deals with three new clients.
- A rival firm clinched the business by promising £160,000, equating to a 15% rise in just two months.
- In March the company inked a deal with BMW and, more recently, clinched a Ford contract.
- According to the Guardian, ‘Ministers have been pressing India behind the scenes to clinch the contract’.
- Around one-and-a-half million tenancy agreements are clinched each year worth nearly 6 billion and the OFT is determined these contracts must be fair.
- After much examination and a few rounds of long meadow, the bargain was clinched for £120 pounds.
- Some firms have recently managed to clinch contracts in Angola.
- A Saltaire artist who is celebrating his gallery's first anniversary is painting his way to further success after clinching two contracts.
- And we're close I think to clinching a similar agreement on household products.
- Weeks later it was grudgingly confirmed that the firm had clinched the £32m deal.
- She clinched the agreement after writing a hit Star Wars novel last year.
- The deal was clinched after a recent tour of Zambia by a German business delegation.
Synonyms
secure, settle, conclude, close, pull off, bring off, complete, confirm, seal, set the seal on, finalize, shake hands on, reach an agreement on
transact
informal sew up, wrap up, string, button up
1. 1.1 Conclusively settle (an argument or debate)
  解决（争论，争辩）
  these findings clinched the matter
  这些发现最终解决了问题。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Among the Chinese, humor is often used only to illustrate a concept, to prove a point, or to clinch an argument.
  When cornered, he tends to reach for the emotional argument to clinch his case, but then he'll turn around and keep coming back for more.
  The argument that clinched the debate, both in Whitby and in Toledo, was the ‘Roman-ness’ and universality of an authoritative tradition.
  But although Reddin never clinches his argument about the tragic effects of the Kennedy cover-up, he at least raises political issues.
  To clinch the transaction, a lot depended on caring for the customer and meeting his or her demands.
  To clinch the argument, we needed a fossil that unambiguously showed a nonavian dinosaur with a feathery body covering.
  These newly discovered bacteria don't clinch this argument by any means.
  Clearly he has made the case for war today, but not clinched the argument.
  Then the doorbell rings a second time, clinching the matter.
  It had to take a little over a week to eventually clinch this interview.
  It would be dangerous to view the dossier as having clinched the argument for war.
  Each of these works its way towards an endline ensured, provisionally at least, to settle the matter and clinch it.
  Interviewing Manny the lobsterman, a 30-year-old college grad with a paltry paycheck, helped clinch that argument.
  More study and debate is necessary to clinch the issue.
  He produces a newspaper report of the court testimony of a tribal Aborigine which, he claims, clinches his argument.
  Unfortunately, she did not find archival evidence dating from before 1511, but the material from after that date is sufficient to clinch her argument.
  At the end of it all, the moral argument that clinches the debate for me is that capital punishment is effectively society's revenge.
  At Wollaston in Northamptonshire, the discovery of grape pollen in Roman planting trenches seems to have clinched the argument.
  But artistically, all I could suggest is that he explore the question, rather than clinch the issue with what is now a pat option in the arts: transcendence.
  He challenged me with one of the feebler bits of rhetoric the faithful adopt to clinch the argument.
  Synonyms
  settle, decide, determine, establish
  resolve
  informal sort out
2. 1.2 Confirm the winning or achievement of (a match, competition, or victory)
  确定（比赛、竞赛、胜利的）获胜，取胜，获得
  Johnson scored the goals which clinched victory
  约翰逊进球得分奠定了胜局。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Gloucester scraped home in one of the most amazing finishes in years at Kingsholm but only clinched their semi-final victory in the 85th minute with a gift try.
  Then there was the goal which clinched victory at Ibrox three years ago to send Rangers tumbling out of the Uefa Cup.
  The Cardinals, who lost to the Boston Red Sox in the World Series last year, are the first team to clinch a playoff berth this season.
  Then nippy forward Julianne O'Connell struck with a great goal which clinched victory for her team and a place in the final.
  In extra time the red and green and gold men clinched victory and qualified to meet Meath in their second successive final against the Royals.
  Ballintubber must have regrets about not clinching this game when on top and dictating matters for two thirds of the game.
  The St. Louis Cardinals became the first major league team to clinch a playoff spot this season, winning the NL Central for the third time in five seasons.
  Heworth were unable to score the 12 runs needed for victory as Easingwold clinched the title with an advantage draw.
  Their double victory over Yorvik clinched the title, and both teams will play second division netball next season.
  Needing just one win to clinch the last playoff spot, the C's have now lost three straight.
  Warrington finally clinched victory with a goal five minutes from time.
  The winning golden goal to clinch the match 2-1 in extra time was scored by Ahn Jung-hwan, who plays for Italian team Perugia.
  The Charlton boss was critical of his attacking players who he said frittered away a string of chances to clinch all three points.
  She also scored in a 3-1 victory over Fulham that clinched the league title ahead of Charlton.
  By the final whistle, Celtic were two wins away from clinching the piece of silverware that really matters.
  Instead, she buckled and Davenport fought back to square the match, going on to clinch victory in the decider.
  Mobbed by joyous teammates, this goal clinched victory for Ilkley from the jaws of defeat.
  So when Mark Hensby tapped in his par putt on the second playoff hole to clinch his victory at the Deere, he also earned a spot at Royal Troon.
  The country also clinched the team championship despite stiff opposition from Vietnam and Myanmar.
  In his last five regular-season games, he record nine goals and an assist to help clinch the top playoff seed for the Fusion.
  Synonyms
  win, be the victor in, be the winner of, be victorious in, come first in, finish first in, take first prize in, triumph in, achieve success in, be successful in, prevail in
2no object Grapple at close quarters, especially (of boxers) so as to be too closely engaged for full-arm blows.
扭打（尤指拳击手难以抡臂击打，近距离格斗）
Example sentencesExamples
- Branco rocked Gatti with a big shot and the battle moved into the ropes as Gatti clinched.
- Heavyweights throw like one-two-three punches and grab and clinch and grab and clinch.
- He would stay close enough to always clinch as soon as Rahman set to punch.
- By clinching with Frazier, Ali prevented further damage.
- Any good striking fighter will tell you that it is virtually impossible to keep a worthy opponent from clinching with the other fighter.
Synonyms
grapple, wrestle, struggle with each other, scuffle with each other
grasp each other, clutch each other, grip each other
1. 2.1 (of two people) embrace.
  拥抱
3Secure (a nail or rivet) by driving the point sideways when it has penetrated.
敲弯，钉住（钉子，铆钉）
Example sentencesExamples
- To clinch the nail, it is necessary to hold a heavy metal block against the rib and drive the nail home against this.
- After the shoe is nailed on, bring the foot out in front of the horse and put it on a stand or on your knee so you can clinch the nail.
Synonyms
secure, fasten, make fast, fix, clamp, bolt, rivet, pinion
1. 3.1 Fasten (a rope or angling line) with a clinch knot.
  以活结系牢（绳索，渔线）
  Example sentencesExamples
  This will help the knot clinch down properly and keep it from pulling out or breaking from the spool.
  Yeah, the boats weren't clinched down quite tight enough.

noun klɪn(t)ʃklɪn(t)ʃ

1A struggle or scuffle at close quarters.
breaking from a clinch, he crossed with his right
Example sentencesExamples
- Ortega's best work through the middle of the bout came from manhandling his opponent in clinches.
- Smoger checked both men when they came out of a clinch in the eighth round rubbing their heads.
- Neither guy tried to make a war out of it and just practiced their moves and showed their professionalism in the clinches.
- He looked like he was losing that fight from the way I remember it, slipping to the canvas several times out of clinches.
- She'd felt bulky stirrings against her belly, and had barely broken the clinch in time to spare his dignity.
1. 1.1 An embrace, especially an amorous one.
  拥抱（尤指深情相拥）
  we went into a passionate clinch on the sofa
  我们开始在沙发上激情相拥。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Audiences were engrossed by Gilbert and Garbo's off-screen romance after seeing their passionate clinches in The Flesh and the Devil.
  She has branded allegations that she enjoyed a steamy clinch with a married man as totally ‘false and salacious’.
  Everyone in the lobby grabbed me for at least a so-so passion-intensive clinch.
  It would have to be Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr rolling in a passionate clinch on the wet sand in From Here To Eternity.
  And the term ‘added red’ is placed next to an amorous pair about to go into a clinch.
  In fact, Derek and his terrified party hadn't stumbled on a poltergeist, but a couple in a passionate clinch who hadn't heard the ghoul-hunting crowd creep up on them.
  Synonyms
  embrace, hug, cuddle, squeeze, hold, clasp, bear hug
2A knot used to fasten ropes or angling lines, using a half hitch with the end seized back on its own part.
（系紧绳索、渔线的）活结
Example sentencesExamples
- The experienced anglers captured the attention of young boys by showing them fishing techniques, including how to tie the perfect clinch knot.
- I looked up from the tedious chore of wrapping the improved clinch knot and saw Frazier playing a keeper speckled trout.

Origin

Late 16th century (in the senses 'something that grips' and 'fix securely'): variant of clench.

Rhymes

cinch, finch, flinch, inch, lynch, Minch, pinch, squinch, winch

Definition of clinch in US English:

clinch

verbklɪn(t)ʃklin(t)SH

[with object]

1Confirm or settle (a contract or bargain)
确定；决定，敲定（契约，交易）
to clinch a business deal
Example sentencesExamples
- Some firms have recently managed to clinch contracts in Angola.
- A rival firm clinched the business by promising £160,000, equating to a 15% rise in just two months.
- Around one-and-a-half million tenancy agreements are clinched each year worth nearly 6 billion and the OFT is determined these contracts must be fair.
- There was also a negotiation game which equipped the students with skills necessary to clinch important business deals.
- Weeks later it was grudgingly confirmed that the firm had clinched the £32m deal.
- According to the Guardian, ‘Ministers have been pressing India behind the scenes to clinch the contract’.
- A Calverley vehicle leasing company has clinched multi-million-pound deals with three new clients.
- He insisted there was strong business logic for clinching a deal with the Chinese company.
- A Saltaire artist who is celebrating his gallery's first anniversary is painting his way to further success after clinching two contracts.
- She clinched the agreement after writing a hit Star Wars novel last year.
- Analysts say the Lockheed design may have clinched the contract for the company.
- You clinch business deals and gain in financial transactions.
- After much examination and a few rounds of long meadow, the bargain was clinched for £120 pounds.
- After some haggling I clinched the bargain and drove away.
- And we're close I think to clinching a similar agreement on household products.
- Admittedly, there's something deeply and darkly satisfying about clinching a bargain, and it brings out the worst in people.
- The deal was clinched after a recent tour of Zambia by a German business delegation.
- In March the company inked a deal with BMW and, more recently, clinched a Ford contract.
- Business strategists from Bolton have clinched themselves another valuable contract.
- EDS has clinched a contract worth up to $9 billion to supply the US Navy and Marine Corps with a single, seamless network.
Synonyms
secure, settle, conclude, close, pull off, bring off, complete, confirm, seal, set the seal on, finalize, shake hands on, reach an agreement on
1. 1.1 Conclusively settle (an argument or debate)
  解决（争论，争辩）
  these findings clinched the matter
  这些发现最终解决了问题。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Unfortunately, she did not find archival evidence dating from before 1511, but the material from after that date is sufficient to clinch her argument.
  It would be dangerous to view the dossier as having clinched the argument for war.
  When cornered, he tends to reach for the emotional argument to clinch his case, but then he'll turn around and keep coming back for more.
  Interviewing Manny the lobsterman, a 30-year-old college grad with a paltry paycheck, helped clinch that argument.
  But although Reddin never clinches his argument about the tragic effects of the Kennedy cover-up, he at least raises political issues.
  Then the doorbell rings a second time, clinching the matter.
  To clinch the transaction, a lot depended on caring for the customer and meeting his or her demands.
  To clinch the argument, we needed a fossil that unambiguously showed a nonavian dinosaur with a feathery body covering.
  Clearly he has made the case for war today, but not clinched the argument.
  At Wollaston in Northamptonshire, the discovery of grape pollen in Roman planting trenches seems to have clinched the argument.
  But artistically, all I could suggest is that he explore the question, rather than clinch the issue with what is now a pat option in the arts: transcendence.
  The argument that clinched the debate, both in Whitby and in Toledo, was the ‘Roman-ness’ and universality of an authoritative tradition.
  At the end of it all, the moral argument that clinches the debate for me is that capital punishment is effectively society's revenge.
  He produces a newspaper report of the court testimony of a tribal Aborigine which, he claims, clinches his argument.
  Each of these works its way towards an endline ensured, provisionally at least, to settle the matter and clinch it.
  More study and debate is necessary to clinch the issue.
  These newly discovered bacteria don't clinch this argument by any means.
  Among the Chinese, humor is often used only to illustrate a concept, to prove a point, or to clinch an argument.
  He challenged me with one of the feebler bits of rhetoric the faithful adopt to clinch the argument.
  It had to take a little over a week to eventually clinch this interview.
  Synonyms
  settle, decide, determine, establish
2. 1.2 Confirm the winning or achievement of (a game, competition, or victory)
  确定（比赛、竞赛、胜利的）获胜，取胜，获得
  his team clinched the title
  Example sentencesExamples
  Mobbed by joyous teammates, this goal clinched victory for Ilkley from the jaws of defeat.
  Then nippy forward Julianne O'Connell struck with a great goal which clinched victory for her team and a place in the final.
  Instead, she buckled and Davenport fought back to square the match, going on to clinch victory in the decider.
  The St. Louis Cardinals became the first major league team to clinch a playoff spot this season, winning the NL Central for the third time in five seasons.
  Ballintubber must have regrets about not clinching this game when on top and dictating matters for two thirds of the game.
  Heworth were unable to score the 12 runs needed for victory as Easingwold clinched the title with an advantage draw.
  The country also clinched the team championship despite stiff opposition from Vietnam and Myanmar.
  The Cardinals, who lost to the Boston Red Sox in the World Series last year, are the first team to clinch a playoff berth this season.
  Warrington finally clinched victory with a goal five minutes from time.
  So when Mark Hensby tapped in his par putt on the second playoff hole to clinch his victory at the Deere, he also earned a spot at Royal Troon.
  The Charlton boss was critical of his attacking players who he said frittered away a string of chances to clinch all three points.
  Needing just one win to clinch the last playoff spot, the C's have now lost three straight.
  By the final whistle, Celtic were two wins away from clinching the piece of silverware that really matters.
  Their double victory over Yorvik clinched the title, and both teams will play second division netball next season.
  She also scored in a 3-1 victory over Fulham that clinched the league title ahead of Charlton.
  The winning golden goal to clinch the match 2-1 in extra time was scored by Ahn Jung-hwan, who plays for Italian team Perugia.
  In his last five regular-season games, he record nine goals and an assist to help clinch the top playoff seed for the Fusion.
  Then there was the goal which clinched victory at Ibrox three years ago to send Rangers tumbling out of the Uefa Cup.
  In extra time the red and green and gold men clinched victory and qualified to meet Meath in their second successive final against the Royals.
  Gloucester scraped home in one of the most amazing finishes in years at Kingsholm but only clinched their semi-final victory in the 85th minute with a gift try.
  Synonyms
  win, be the victor in, be the winner of, be victorious in, come first in, finish first in, take first prize in, triumph in, achieve success in, be successful in, prevail in
2no object Grapple at close quarters, especially (of boxers) so as to be too closely engaged for full-arm blows.
扭打（尤指拳击手难以抡臂击打，近距离格斗）
Example sentencesExamples
- By clinching with Frazier, Ali prevented further damage.
- Branco rocked Gatti with a big shot and the battle moved into the ropes as Gatti clinched.
- Any good striking fighter will tell you that it is virtually impossible to keep a worthy opponent from clinching with the other fighter.
- Heavyweights throw like one-two-three punches and grab and clinch and grab and clinch.
- He would stay close enough to always clinch as soon as Rahman set to punch.
Synonyms
grapple, wrestle, struggle with each other, scuffle with each other
1. 2.1 (of two people) embrace.
  拥抱
3Secure (a nail or rivet) by driving the point sideways when it has penetrated.
敲弯，钉住（钉子，铆钉）
Example sentencesExamples
- After the shoe is nailed on, bring the foot out in front of the horse and put it on a stand or on your knee so you can clinch the nail.
- To clinch the nail, it is necessary to hold a heavy metal block against the rib and drive the nail home against this.
Synonyms
secure, fasten, make fast, fix, clamp, bolt, rivet, pinion
1. 3.1 Fasten (a rope or fishing line) with a clinch knot.
  以活结系牢（绳索，渔线）
  Example sentencesExamples
  This will help the knot clinch down properly and keep it from pulling out or breaking from the spool.
  Yeah, the boats weren't clinched down quite tight enough.

nounklɪn(t)ʃklin(t)SH

1A struggle or scuffle at close quarters, especially (in boxing) one in which the fighters become too closely engaged for full-arm blows.
扭打（尤指拳击手难以抡臂击打，近距离格斗）
Example sentencesExamples
- She'd felt bulky stirrings against her belly, and had barely broken the clinch in time to spare his dignity.
- Smoger checked both men when they came out of a clinch in the eighth round rubbing their heads.
- Neither guy tried to make a war out of it and just practiced their moves and showed their professionalism in the clinches.
- Ortega's best work through the middle of the bout came from manhandling his opponent in clinches.
- He looked like he was losing that fight from the way I remember it, slipping to the canvas several times out of clinches.
1. 1.1 An embrace, especially an amorous one.
  拥抱（尤指深情相拥）
  we went into a passionate clinch on the sofa
  我们开始在沙发上激情相拥。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Audiences were engrossed by Gilbert and Garbo's off-screen romance after seeing their passionate clinches in The Flesh and the Devil.
  She has branded allegations that she enjoyed a steamy clinch with a married man as totally ‘false and salacious’.
  And the term ‘added red’ is placed next to an amorous pair about to go into a clinch.
  Everyone in the lobby grabbed me for at least a so-so passion-intensive clinch.
  It would have to be Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr rolling in a passionate clinch on the wet sand in From Here To Eternity.
  In fact, Derek and his terrified party hadn't stumbled on a poltergeist, but a couple in a passionate clinch who hadn't heard the ghoul-hunting crowd creep up on them.
  Synonyms
  embrace, hug, cuddle, squeeze, hold, clasp, bear hug
2A knot used to fasten a rope to a ring or cringle, using a half hitch with the end seized back on its own part.
（系紧绳索、渔线的）活结
Example sentencesExamples
- I looked up from the tedious chore of wrapping the improved clinch knot and saw Frazier playing a keeper speckled trout.
- The experienced anglers captured the attention of young boys by showing them fishing techniques, including how to tie the perfect clinch knot.

Origin

Late 16th century (in the senses ‘something that grips’ and ‘fix securely’): variant of clench.

词汇	clinch
释义	Definition of clinch in English: clinch verb klɪn(t)ʃklɪn(t)ʃ [with object] 1Confirm or settle (a contract or bargain) 确定；决定，敲定（契约，交易） the Texan wanted to impress him to clinch a business deal 这个得克萨斯人想打动他以便敲定一笔生意。 Example sentencesExamples EDS has clinched a contract worth up to $9 billion to supply the US Navy and Marine Corps with a single, seamless network. Admittedly, there's something deeply and darkly satisfying about clinching a bargain, and it brings out the worst in people. There was also a negotiation game which equipped the students with skills necessary to clinch important business deals. You clinch business deals and gain in financial transactions. Business strategists from Bolton have clinched themselves another valuable contract. He insisted there was strong business logic for clinching a deal with the Chinese company. After some haggling I clinched the bargain and drove away. Analysts say the Lockheed design may have clinched the contract for the company. A Calverley vehicle leasing company has clinched multi-million-pound deals with three new clients. A rival firm clinched the business by promising £160,000, equating to a 15% rise in just two months. In March the company inked a deal with BMW and, more recently, clinched a Ford contract. According to the Guardian, ‘Ministers have been pressing India behind the scenes to clinch the contract’. Around one-and-a-half million tenancy agreements are clinched each year worth nearly 6 billion and the OFT is determined these contracts must be fair. After much examination and a few rounds of long meadow, the bargain was clinched for £120 pounds. Some firms have recently managed to clinch contracts in Angola. A Saltaire artist who is celebrating his gallery's first anniversary is painting his way to further success after clinching two contracts. And we're close I think to clinching a similar agreement on household products. Weeks later it was grudgingly confirmed that the firm had clinched the £32m deal. She clinched the agreement after writing a hit Star Wars novel last year. The deal was clinched after a recent tour of Zambia by a German business delegation. Synonyms secure, settle, conclude, close, pull off, bring off, complete, confirm, seal, set the seal on, finalize, shake hands on, reach an agreement on transact informal sew up, wrap up, string, button up 1.1 Conclusively settle (an argument or debate) 解决（争论，争辩） these findings clinched the matter 这些发现最终解决了问题。 Example sentencesExamples Among the Chinese, humor is often used only to illustrate a concept, to prove a point, or to clinch an argument. When cornered, he tends to reach for the emotional argument to clinch his case, but then he'll turn around and keep coming back for more. The argument that clinched the debate, both in Whitby and in Toledo, was the ‘Roman-ness’ and universality of an authoritative tradition. But although Reddin never clinches his argument about the tragic effects of the Kennedy cover-up, he at least raises political issues. To clinch the transaction, a lot depended on caring for the customer and meeting his or her demands. To clinch the argument, we needed a fossil that unambiguously showed a nonavian dinosaur with a feathery body covering. These newly discovered bacteria don't clinch this argument by any means. Clearly he has made the case for war today, but not clinched the argument. Then the doorbell rings a second time, clinching the matter. It had to take a little over a week to eventually clinch this interview. It would be dangerous to view the dossier as having clinched the argument for war. Each of these works its way towards an endline ensured, provisionally at least, to settle the matter and clinch it. Interviewing Manny the lobsterman, a 30-year-old college grad with a paltry paycheck, helped clinch that argument. More study and debate is necessary to clinch the issue. He produces a newspaper report of the court testimony of a tribal Aborigine which, he claims, clinches his argument. Unfortunately, she did not find archival evidence dating from before 1511, but the material from after that date is sufficient to clinch her argument. At the end of it all, the moral argument that clinches the debate for me is that capital punishment is effectively society's revenge. At Wollaston in Northamptonshire, the discovery of grape pollen in Roman planting trenches seems to have clinched the argument. But artistically, all I could suggest is that he explore the question, rather than clinch the issue with what is now a pat option in the arts: transcendence. He challenged me with one of the feebler bits of rhetoric the faithful adopt to clinch the argument. Synonyms settle, decide, determine, establish resolve informal sort out 1.2 Confirm the winning or achievement of (a match, competition, or victory) 确定（比赛、竞赛、胜利的）获胜，取胜，获得 Johnson scored the goals which clinched victory 约翰逊进球得分奠定了胜局。 Example sentencesExamples Gloucester scraped home in one of the most amazing finishes in years at Kingsholm but only clinched their semi-final victory in the 85th minute with a gift try. Then there was the goal which clinched victory at Ibrox three years ago to send Rangers tumbling out of the Uefa Cup. The Cardinals, who lost to the Boston Red Sox in the World Series last year, are the first team to clinch a playoff berth this season. Then nippy forward Julianne O'Connell struck with a great goal which clinched victory for her team and a place in the final. In extra time the red and green and gold men clinched victory and qualified to meet Meath in their second successive final against the Royals. Ballintubber must have regrets about not clinching this game when on top and dictating matters for two thirds of the game. The St. Louis Cardinals became the first major league team to clinch a playoff spot this season, winning the NL Central for the third time in five seasons. Heworth were unable to score the 12 runs needed for victory as Easingwold clinched the title with an advantage draw. Their double victory over Yorvik clinched the title, and both teams will play second division netball next season. Needing just one win to clinch the last playoff spot, the C's have now lost three straight. Warrington finally clinched victory with a goal five minutes from time. The winning golden goal to clinch the match 2-1 in extra time was scored by Ahn Jung-hwan, who plays for Italian team Perugia. The Charlton boss was critical of his attacking players who he said frittered away a string of chances to clinch all three points. She also scored in a 3-1 victory over Fulham that clinched the league title ahead of Charlton. By the final whistle, Celtic were two wins away from clinching the piece of silverware that really matters. Instead, she buckled and Davenport fought back to square the match, going on to clinch victory in the decider. Mobbed by joyous teammates, this goal clinched victory for Ilkley from the jaws of defeat. So when Mark Hensby tapped in his par putt on the second playoff hole to clinch his victory at the Deere, he also earned a spot at Royal Troon. The country also clinched the team championship despite stiff opposition from Vietnam and Myanmar. In his last five regular-season games, he record nine goals and an assist to help clinch the top playoff seed for the Fusion. Synonyms win, be the victor in, be the winner of, be victorious in, come first in, finish first in, take first prize in, triumph in, achieve success in, be successful in, prevail in 2no object Grapple at close quarters, especially (of boxers) so as to be too closely engaged for full-arm blows. 扭打（尤指拳击手难以抡臂击打，近距离格斗） Example sentencesExamples Branco rocked Gatti with a big shot and the battle moved into the ropes as Gatti clinched. Heavyweights throw like one-two-three punches and grab and clinch and grab and clinch. He would stay close enough to always clinch as soon as Rahman set to punch. By clinching with Frazier, Ali prevented further damage. Any good striking fighter will tell you that it is virtually impossible to keep a worthy opponent from clinching with the other fighter. Synonyms grapple, wrestle, struggle with each other, scuffle with each other grasp each other, clutch each other, grip each other 2.1 (of two people) embrace. 拥抱 3Secure (a nail or rivet) by driving the point sideways when it has penetrated. 敲弯，钉住（钉子，铆钉） Example sentencesExamples To clinch the nail, it is necessary to hold a heavy metal block against the rib and drive the nail home against this. After the shoe is nailed on, bring the foot out in front of the horse and put it on a stand or on your knee so you can clinch the nail. Synonyms secure, fasten, make fast, fix, clamp, bolt, rivet, pinion 3.1 Fasten (a rope or angling line) with a clinch knot. 以活结系牢（绳索，渔线） Example sentencesExamples This will help the knot clinch down properly and keep it from pulling out or breaking from the spool. Yeah, the boats weren't clinched down quite tight enough. noun klɪn(t)ʃklɪn(t)ʃ 1A struggle or scuffle at close quarters. breaking from a clinch, he crossed with his right Example sentencesExamples Ortega's best work through the middle of the bout came from manhandling his opponent in clinches. Smoger checked both men when they came out of a clinch in the eighth round rubbing their heads. Neither guy tried to make a war out of it and just practiced their moves and showed their professionalism in the clinches. He looked like he was losing that fight from the way I remember it, slipping to the canvas several times out of clinches. She'd felt bulky stirrings against her belly, and had barely broken the clinch in time to spare his dignity. 1.1 An embrace, especially an amorous one. 拥抱（尤指深情相拥） we went into a passionate clinch on the sofa 我们开始在沙发上激情相拥。 Example sentencesExamples Audiences were engrossed by Gilbert and Garbo's off-screen romance after seeing their passionate clinches in The Flesh and the Devil. She has branded allegations that she enjoyed a steamy clinch with a married man as totally ‘false and salacious’. Everyone in the lobby grabbed me for at least a so-so passion-intensive clinch. It would have to be Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr rolling in a passionate clinch on the wet sand in From Here To Eternity. And the term ‘added red’ is placed next to an amorous pair about to go into a clinch. In fact, Derek and his terrified party hadn't stumbled on a poltergeist, but a couple in a passionate clinch who hadn't heard the ghoul-hunting crowd creep up on them. Synonyms embrace, hug, cuddle, squeeze, hold, clasp, bear hug 2A knot used to fasten ropes or angling lines, using a half hitch with the end seized back on its own part. （系紧绳索、渔线的）活结 Example sentencesExamples The experienced anglers captured the attention of young boys by showing them fishing techniques, including how to tie the perfect clinch knot. I looked up from the tedious chore of wrapping the improved clinch knot and saw Frazier playing a keeper speckled trout. Origin Late 16th century (in the senses 'something that grips' and 'fix securely'): variant of clench. Rhymes cinch, finch, flinch, inch, lynch, Minch, pinch, squinch, winch Definition of clinch in US English: clinch verbklɪn(t)ʃklin(t)SH [with object] 1Confirm or settle (a contract or bargain) 确定；决定，敲定（契约，交易） to clinch a business deal Example sentencesExamples Some firms have recently managed to clinch contracts in Angola. A rival firm clinched the business by promising £160,000, equating to a 15% rise in just two months. Around one-and-a-half million tenancy agreements are clinched each year worth nearly 6 billion and the OFT is determined these contracts must be fair. There was also a negotiation game which equipped the students with skills necessary to clinch important business deals. Weeks later it was grudgingly confirmed that the firm had clinched the £32m deal. According to the Guardian, ‘Ministers have been pressing India behind the scenes to clinch the contract’. A Calverley vehicle leasing company has clinched multi-million-pound deals with three new clients. He insisted there was strong business logic for clinching a deal with the Chinese company. A Saltaire artist who is celebrating his gallery's first anniversary is painting his way to further success after clinching two contracts. She clinched the agreement after writing a hit Star Wars novel last year. Analysts say the Lockheed design may have clinched the contract for the company. You clinch business deals and gain in financial transactions. After much examination and a few rounds of long meadow, the bargain was clinched for £120 pounds. After some haggling I clinched the bargain and drove away. And we're close I think to clinching a similar agreement on household products. Admittedly, there's something deeply and darkly satisfying about clinching a bargain, and it brings out the worst in people. The deal was clinched after a recent tour of Zambia by a German business delegation. In March the company inked a deal with BMW and, more recently, clinched a Ford contract. Business strategists from Bolton have clinched themselves another valuable contract. EDS has clinched a contract worth up to $9 billion to supply the US Navy and Marine Corps with a single, seamless network. Synonyms secure, settle, conclude, close, pull off, bring off, complete, confirm, seal, set the seal on, finalize, shake hands on, reach an agreement on 1.1 Conclusively settle (an argument or debate) 解决（争论，争辩） these findings clinched the matter 这些发现最终解决了问题。 Example sentencesExamples Unfortunately, she did not find archival evidence dating from before 1511, but the material from after that date is sufficient to clinch her argument. It would be dangerous to view the dossier as having clinched the argument for war. When cornered, he tends to reach for the emotional argument to clinch his case, but then he'll turn around and keep coming back for more. Interviewing Manny the lobsterman, a 30-year-old college grad with a paltry paycheck, helped clinch that argument. But although Reddin never clinches his argument about the tragic effects of the Kennedy cover-up, he at least raises political issues. Then the doorbell rings a second time, clinching the matter. To clinch the transaction, a lot depended on caring for the customer and meeting his or her demands. To clinch the argument, we needed a fossil that unambiguously showed a nonavian dinosaur with a feathery body covering. Clearly he has made the case for war today, but not clinched the argument. At Wollaston in Northamptonshire, the discovery of grape pollen in Roman planting trenches seems to have clinched the argument. But artistically, all I could suggest is that he explore the question, rather than clinch the issue with what is now a pat option in the arts: transcendence. The argument that clinched the debate, both in Whitby and in Toledo, was the ‘Roman-ness’ and universality of an authoritative tradition. At the end of it all, the moral argument that clinches the debate for me is that capital punishment is effectively society's revenge. He produces a newspaper report of the court testimony of a tribal Aborigine which, he claims, clinches his argument. Each of these works its way towards an endline ensured, provisionally at least, to settle the matter and clinch it. More study and debate is necessary to clinch the issue. These newly discovered bacteria don't clinch this argument by any means. Among the Chinese, humor is often used only to illustrate a concept, to prove a point, or to clinch an argument. He challenged me with one of the feebler bits of rhetoric the faithful adopt to clinch the argument. It had to take a little over a week to eventually clinch this interview. Synonyms settle, decide, determine, establish 1.2 Confirm the winning or achievement of (a game, competition, or victory) 确定（比赛、竞赛、胜利的）获胜，取胜，获得 his team clinched the title Example sentencesExamples Mobbed by joyous teammates, this goal clinched victory for Ilkley from the jaws of defeat. Then nippy forward Julianne O'Connell struck with a great goal which clinched victory for her team and a place in the final. Instead, she buckled and Davenport fought back to square the match, going on to clinch victory in the decider. The St. Louis Cardinals became the first major league team to clinch a playoff spot this season, winning the NL Central for the third time in five seasons. Ballintubber must have regrets about not clinching this game when on top and dictating matters for two thirds of the game. Heworth were unable to score the 12 runs needed for victory as Easingwold clinched the title with an advantage draw. The country also clinched the team championship despite stiff opposition from Vietnam and Myanmar. The Cardinals, who lost to the Boston Red Sox in the World Series last year, are the first team to clinch a playoff berth this season. Warrington finally clinched victory with a goal five minutes from time. So when Mark Hensby tapped in his par putt on the second playoff hole to clinch his victory at the Deere, he also earned a spot at Royal Troon. The Charlton boss was critical of his attacking players who he said frittered away a string of chances to clinch all three points. Needing just one win to clinch the last playoff spot, the C's have now lost three straight. By the final whistle, Celtic were two wins away from clinching the piece of silverware that really matters. Their double victory over Yorvik clinched the title, and both teams will play second division netball next season. She also scored in a 3-1 victory over Fulham that clinched the league title ahead of Charlton. The winning golden goal to clinch the match 2-1 in extra time was scored by Ahn Jung-hwan, who plays for Italian team Perugia. In his last five regular-season games, he record nine goals and an assist to help clinch the top playoff seed for the Fusion. Then there was the goal which clinched victory at Ibrox three years ago to send Rangers tumbling out of the Uefa Cup. In extra time the red and green and gold men clinched victory and qualified to meet Meath in their second successive final against the Royals. Gloucester scraped home in one of the most amazing finishes in years at Kingsholm but only clinched their semi-final victory in the 85th minute with a gift try. Synonyms win, be the victor in, be the winner of, be victorious in, come first in, finish first in, take first prize in, triumph in, achieve success in, be successful in, prevail in 2no object Grapple at close quarters, especially (of boxers) so as to be too closely engaged for full-arm blows. 扭打（尤指拳击手难以抡臂击打，近距离格斗） Example sentencesExamples By clinching with Frazier, Ali prevented further damage. Branco rocked Gatti with a big shot and the battle moved into the ropes as Gatti clinched. Any good striking fighter will tell you that it is virtually impossible to keep a worthy opponent from clinching with the other fighter. Heavyweights throw like one-two-three punches and grab and clinch and grab and clinch. He would stay close enough to always clinch as soon as Rahman set to punch. Synonyms grapple, wrestle, struggle with each other, scuffle with each other 2.1 (of two people) embrace. 拥抱 3Secure (a nail or rivet) by driving the point sideways when it has penetrated. 敲弯，钉住（钉子，铆钉） Example sentencesExamples After the shoe is nailed on, bring the foot out in front of the horse and put it on a stand or on your knee so you can clinch the nail. To clinch the nail, it is necessary to hold a heavy metal block against the rib and drive the nail home against this. Synonyms secure, fasten, make fast, fix, clamp, bolt, rivet, pinion 3.1 Fasten (a rope or fishing line) with a clinch knot. 以活结系牢（绳索，渔线） Example sentencesExamples This will help the knot clinch down properly and keep it from pulling out or breaking from the spool. Yeah, the boats weren't clinched down quite tight enough. nounklɪn(t)ʃklin(t)SH 1A struggle or scuffle at close quarters, especially (in boxing) one in which the fighters become too closely engaged for full-arm blows. 扭打（尤指拳击手难以抡臂击打，近距离格斗） Example sentencesExamples She'd felt bulky stirrings against her belly, and had barely broken the clinch in time to spare his dignity. Smoger checked both men when they came out of a clinch in the eighth round rubbing their heads. Neither guy tried to make a war out of it and just practiced their moves and showed their professionalism in the clinches. Ortega's best work through the middle of the bout came from manhandling his opponent in clinches. He looked like he was losing that fight from the way I remember it, slipping to the canvas several times out of clinches. 1.1 An embrace, especially an amorous one. 拥抱（尤指深情相拥） we went into a passionate clinch on the sofa 我们开始在沙发上激情相拥。 Example sentencesExamples Audiences were engrossed by Gilbert and Garbo's off-screen romance after seeing their passionate clinches in The Flesh and the Devil. She has branded allegations that she enjoyed a steamy clinch with a married man as totally ‘false and salacious’. And the term ‘added red’ is placed next to an amorous pair about to go into a clinch. Everyone in the lobby grabbed me for at least a so-so passion-intensive clinch. It would have to be Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr rolling in a passionate clinch on the wet sand in From Here To Eternity. In fact, Derek and his terrified party hadn't stumbled on a poltergeist, but a couple in a passionate clinch who hadn't heard the ghoul-hunting crowd creep up on them. Synonyms embrace, hug, cuddle, squeeze, hold, clasp, bear hug 2A knot used to fasten a rope to a ring or cringle, using a half hitch with the end seized back on its own part. （系紧绳索、渔线的）活结 Example sentencesExamples I looked up from the tedious chore of wrapping the improved clinch knot and saw Frazier playing a keeper speckled trout. The experienced anglers captured the attention of young boys by showing them fishing techniques, including how to tie the perfect clinch knot. Origin Late 16th century (in the senses ‘something that grips’ and ‘fix securely’): variant of clench.
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