2. He kisses for the girls, a shoulder clinch for good old Dudley Howard, a nice bloke, if just about the stodgiest actor. 他吻过姑娘们后又热烈地拥抱亲爱的老达德利·霍华德，一个极其平庸的演员和敦厚的家伙。
3. But the combined 31 delegates at stake today in South Dakota and Montana are not enough to push him past the threshold to clinch the nomination. 但是在南达科他州和蒙塔那州要决出的总共31名代表的人数还不足以让奥巴马通过获取提名的门槛。
英英解释
n.
1. (boxing) the act of one boxer holding onto the other to avoid being hit and to rest momentarily
2. a small slip noose made with seizing
3. the flattened part of a nail or bolt or rivet
4. a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together
5. a tight or amorous embrace v.
1. secure or fasten by flattening the ends of nails or bolts
2. hold a boxing opponent with one or both arms so as to prevent punches
3. hold in a tight grasp
4. embrace amorously
5. flatten the ends (of nails and rivets)
6. settle conclusively
