yield
verb OPAL W
/jiːld/
/jiːld/
Phrasal Verbs
[transitive] yield something to produce or provide something, for example a profit, result or crop出产（作物）；产生（收益、效益等）；提供- Higher-rate deposit accounts yield good returns.高利率的存款会产生丰厚的收益。
- The research has yielded useful information.这项研究提供了有用的资料。
- These trees no longer yield fruit.这些树木不再结果.
- The project is expected to yield good returns in future.预计该项目未来将产生良好的回报。
Topics Businessc1, Farmingc1, Moneyc1
[intransitive] (formal) to stop resisting something/somebody; to agree to do something that you do not want to do屈服；让步 synonym give way- After a long siege, the town was forced to yield.经过长时间的包围，这座孤城被迫投降。
- yield to something/somebody He reluctantly yielded to their demands.他不情愿地同意了他们的要求。
- I yielded to temptation and had a chocolate bar.我经不住诱惑，吃了一大块巧克力。
Extra Examples- He finally yielded to her demands.他最终答应了她的要求。
- They refused to yield to public pressure.他们拒绝屈服于公众压力。
Topics Discussion and agreementc1 - [transitive] yield something/somebody (up) (to somebody) (formal) to allow somebody to win, have or take control of something that has been yours until now放弃；缴出 synonym surrender
- He refused to yield up his gun.他拒绝缴枪。
- (figurative) The universe is slowly yielding up its secrets.宇宙慢慢地展现出它的秘密。
- archaeological remains which are yielding up secrets from long ago考古遗迹揭示了很久以前的秘密
- [intransitive] to move, bend or break because of pressure（受压）活动，变形，弯曲，折断
- Despite our attempts to break it, the lock would not yield.这把锁我们砸也砸不开。
- [intransitive] yield (to somebody/something) (North American English, Irish English) to allow vehicles on a bigger road to go first给（大路上的车辆）让路 synonym give way
- Yield to oncoming traffic.会车让行。
- a yield sign让行标志
Topics Transport by car or lorryc2 Word OriginOld English g(i)eldan ‘pay, repay’, of Germanic origin. The senses ‘produce, bear’ and ‘surrender’ arose in Middle English.