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yield /jiːld/ vt. | vi. | n. | phr.
I ❶ vt.
1. 出产，产，出
This orchard yields apples and pears. 这座果园出产苹果和梨。
The cow yields milk twice a day. 这头母牛每天产两次奶。
Mines yield ores. 矿山出矿石。
The farm yielded the largest wheat harvest in its history last year. 去年这个农场的小麦获得了建场以来最大的丰产。
2. 产生(效果、收益等)；带来
a bond that yields 12 percent 生息12%的债券
The decomposition of the solution yields nitrogen. 此溶液分解后产生氮。
Talks between the two sides yielded no results. 双方的会谈没有结果。
Even a coalition of the two small parties would not yield a majority. 即使这两个小党联合起来也形不成多数。
Human IQ tests yield a score between 0 and about 200. 人的智商测试分数介乎0与约200之间。
The door yielded a crack. 门开了一条小缝。
The exhibition yielded peak days of 2500 to 3000 visitors. 这一展览活动使参观者最多时达每天2500至3000人。
3. 给，给予
yield precedence to sb. 给某人优先
The empty house yielded us shelter. 这间空屋给了我们栖身之处。
He yielded his consent to the project. 他同意了这个项目。
Raids on apartments yielded documents containing a gold mine of information. 对公寓的突击搜查获得了内含大量珍贵情报的文件。
4. 让出；放弃
refuse to yield the fortress to the enemy 拒绝把要塞拱手让给敌人
yield power (to sb.) 让权(给某人)
yield one's purpose 放弃目标
He will not yield even a limited measure of editorial control. 他连有限的一点点编辑方面的控制权也不肯放弃。
They were obliged to yield fifteen to twenty kilometres. 他们不得不后退15至20公里。
5. [yield oneself]使屈服；使投降；使顺从，使听凭(up)
yield oneself up to a rival 向对手屈服
yield oneself prisoner 束手就擒
yield oneself to a temptation 受惑
yield oneself up to pleasure 恣意寻欢作乐
yield oneself up to the rhythm of a waltz 忘情地跟着华尔兹舞曲的节拍跳舞
6. 〈古〉酬报，酬劳
7. 【棒】失(分)
8. 泄露(秘密)(up)
An examination of the plane yielded vital secrets about their air-weapons technology. 对这架飞机的检查使我们了解到他们的空中武器技术的重大秘密。
methods of making the brain yield up its secrets 使大脑泄露其秘密的方法
❷ vi.
1. 出产；(投资等)生息
This farm (mine) yields well (poorly). 这个农场(矿)产量很高(很低)。
2. 屈服；投降；服从，顺从；听凭(to)
yield to force (public pressure) 屈服于武力(公众压力)
The enemy yielded. 敌人投降了。
They all yielded to this schedule. 他们全都依照这张时间表行事。
The president yielded to the plea. 总统答应了请求。
She yielded to persuasions. 她听从了劝告。
The disease yielded to treatment(no remedy). 病医治好了(无药可治)。
He yielded to the desire of drink. 他酗酒了。
3. 失去优先(或领先)地位；让位；让路；让权；〈美〉(辩论等中)让发言权(to)
I yield to none (或no one, nobody) in appreciation of his merits. 我比谁都更赏识他的优点。
Their wine yields to ours. 他们的酒比我们的差。
Hard conditions of life yielded to more propitious circumstances. 艰苦的生活条件已让位于比较宜人的境况。
4. (在力量、重压等下)屈曲；倒塌；垮掉(to)
The shelf is beginning to yield under that heavy weight. 在那么重的压力之下架子就要坍了。
The gate would not yield to their blows. 他们怎么敲打也打不开那扇大门。
Wrong opinions gradually yield to fact. 错误的观点在事实面前渐渐解体。
II n.
1. 出产
2. 产量；产物
offer higher yields 提供更高的产量
Wheat yields doubled last year. 去年小麦的产量翻了一番。
The vineyard has its best yield for many years. 葡萄园获得了多年来最好的收成。
3. (投资等的)利润；红利(或股息)率；(税收等的)收益
a 5% yield 5%的利润
bonds at a yield above the inflation rate 红利率高于通货膨涨率的债券
an increased yield on investments 诸项投资带来的增长的收益
4. 【化】【核】收获率；(热核的)当量
a 100-megaton yield 1亿吨当量
[<OE gieldan to pay, give; 与Ger gelten to be worth, OHG geltan to pay 有关] phr. yield a (或the) point 见point
yield the palm to 见palm²
yield up the ghost 见ghost |