yield
v.（动词）yield.ed,yield.ing,yields v.tr.（及物动词）
To give forth by or as if by a natural process, especially by cultivation:生产：通过或似乎通过自然生产过程产出，尤指通过耕作：例句：a field that yields many bushels of corn.盛产玉米的农田
To furnish as return for effort or investment; be productive of:获利：作为对努力或投资的回报而给予；产生：例句：an investment that yields high percentages.产生高额利润的投资
To give over possession of, as in deference or defeat; surrender.放弃，投降：因敬畏或失败而放弃…的所有权；投降To give up (an advantage, for example) to another; concede.让渡：把（如，优势）让与他人；退让v.intr.（不及物动词）
To give forth a natural product; be productive.生产：产出自然作物；生产To produce a return for effort or investment:生利：因努力或投资产生收益：例句：bonds that yield well.获利很多的债券
To give up, as in defeat; surrender or submit.让与，屈服：因失败而放弃；投降或屈服To give way to pressure or force:放弃，屈服：让步于压力或武力：例句：The door yielded to a gentle push.轻轻一推门就开了
To give way to argument, persuasion, influence, or entreaty:让步：向争论、劝说、影响或乞求让步：例句：The child pleaded, but the parents wouldn`t yield.孩子苦苦哀求，但父母不让步
To give place, as to one that is superior:退让，退位：让位于…，如对于上级：例句：She yields to no one in her condemnation of violence.她即使因暴力而受非难，也不肯退位
n.（名词）
An amount yielded or produced; a product.生产量；生产物A profit obtained from an investment; a return.投资的收益：投资获利；回报The energy released by an explosion, especially by a nuclear explosion, expressed in units of weight of TNT required to produce an equivalent release:当量：由爆炸，尤其是核爆炸所释放出的能量，用产生相等释放所需要三硝基甲苯重量单位来表示：例句：The atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima had a yield of 20 kilotons.落在广岛的原子弹产生出二万吨的当量
来源：Middle English yielden 中古英语 yielden from Old English geldan [to pay] 源自 古英语 geldan [偿付]
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yield.er
n.（名词）<参考词汇><同义词>yield,relent,bow,defer,submit,capitulate,succumbThese verbs all mean to give in to what one can no longer oppose or resist.这些动词都表示让步于不能再反对或抵抗的人或事。 Yield has the widest application: Yield 的应用最为广泛： 例句：yield to an enemy;对敌投降；
例句：wouldn`t yield to reason;不屈服于理由；
例句：yielded to desire.屈服于欲望。
例句：.The child . . . soon yielded to the drowsiness. (Charles Dickens).Torelent is to moderate the harshness or severity of an attitude or decision with respect to another over whom one has authority or influence: .这孩子…一会儿就支持不住昏昏欲睡了. （查尔斯·狄更斯）。relent 是指出于对处于自己权威和影响下的人的尊重而缓解某一制度或决定的苛刻或严格：
例句：.The captain at last relented, and told him that he might make himself at home. (Herman Melville). .最后，船长缓和下来，告诉他随便些. （荷曼·麦尔维尔）。
Bow suggests giving way in defeat or through courtesy: Bow 表示因失败或通过礼貌而让步： 例句：.Bow and accept the end/Of a love. (Robert Frost).Todefer is to yield out of respect or in recognition of another`s authority, knowledge, or judgment: .屈服并接受爱情的结局. （罗伯特·弗罗斯特）。defer 是指出于尊重或对他人权威、才学或判断的认可而让步：
例句：.Philip . . . had the good sense to defer to the long experience and the wisdom of his father. (William Hickling Prescott). .菲利浦…很明智地在他父亲的丰富经验和智慧面前作出了让步. （威廉姆·希克林·普莱斯哥特）。
Submit implies giving way out of necessity, as after futile or unsuccessful resistance. Submit 表示经过无用或不成功的抵抗之后，出于被迫而放弃： 例句：.What must the King do nowôMust he submitô. (Shakespeare). .现在国王必须做什么ô他必须投降吗ô. （莎士比亚）。
Capitulate implies surrender to pressure, force, compulsion, or inevitability: Capitulate 表示屈服于压力、强力、义务或不可避免性： 例句：.I will be conquered;I will not capitulate [to illness] . (Samuel Johnson). .我将被征服；我不会屈服.［于疾病］ . （塞缪尔·约翰逊）。
Succumb strongly suggests submission to something overpowering or overwhelming: Succumb 强烈暗示屈服不可一世的或无法抵抗的事物： 例句：.I didn`t succumb without a struggle to my uncle`s allurements. (H.G. Wells).See also Synonyms at produce ,relinquish .我对叔叔的诱惑未作任何反抗便屈服了. (H.G.威尔斯）参见同义词 produce,relinquish
