clinches

英 [ˈklɪntʃɪz]

美 [ˈklɪntʃɪz]

v. 成功取得; 赢得; 提供解决办法; 解决; 确定
n. (恋人相互的)搂抱，拥抱; (格斗中双方的)互相扭抱
clinch的第三人称单数和复数

VERB 达成(协议等);取得(胜利)
If you clinch something you are trying to achieve, such as a business deal or victory in a contest, you succeed in obtaining it.
1. Hibernian clinched the First Division title when they beat Hamilton 2-0...
  希伯尼安队以2比0战胜汉密尔顿队，夺得了甲级联赛的冠军。
2. This has fuelled speculation that he is about to clinch a deal with an American engine manufacturer.
  这更增添了人们对他即将和美国的一家发动机制造商达成协议的猜测。
VERB 解决;提供明确解决方法
The thing that clinches an uncertain matter settles it or provides a definite answer.
1. Evidently this information clinched the matter...
  显然，这一消息使问题得以最终解决。
2. That was the clue which clinched it for us.
  就是那个线索帮我们最终解决了问题。
N-COUNT (恋人之间的)拥抱，搂抱
If two people who love each other are in a clinch, they are holding each other tightly.
1. They were caught in a clinch when their parents returned home unexpectedly.
  父母突然回家，撞见他俩拥抱在一起。

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CNPC clinches deal to develop Iranian gas field.
中国石油集团已与伊朗天然气田达成协议。
For many, Atlanta is just the bonfire background to one of cinema's most famous clinches, but the city's profile is rising.
对很多人来说，亚特兰大仅仅就是电影中最著名的一次在篝火旁拥吻的背景，但城市的外观也在慢慢被人熟知。
She doesn't want to get a bad name among boys for being easy-going in the clinches but neither does she want to be looked on as an iceberg.
她不想在男孩当中得到轻浮的坏名声，但也不想被他们看成是一座冰山。
He never missed an opportunity to clinch, and in effecting most of the clinches his shoulder drove stiffly into the other's ribs.
他从不放过和对手扭抱的机会，每逢扭在一处，他总是用肩膀去撞对手的肋骨。