early 14c., "person or thing that clinches" (i.e., secures nails by bending down or riveting the pointed end), late 15c. as a class of shipyard worker; agent noun from clinch (v.). As a type of nail, from 1735; as a conclusive statement, argument, etc., 1737.
实用例句
1. The clincher was City's second goal, scored minutes from the end.
离比赛结束还剩几分钟的时候，曼城队的第二粒进球锁定了胜局。
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2. DNA fingerprinting has proved the clincher in this investigation.
在这次调查中，DNA指纹鉴定起了决定性的作用。
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3. The clincher was when the clerk turned up the volume.
使人难以忍受的事是那雇员把音量调得很大.
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4. That was the clincher.
那就一言说定了;那就叫我无话可说了.
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5. For a party that places stability above everything else, this could be a clincher.
