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| 1 | T to produce something useful such as information or evidence 产生，带来（有用的信息或证据） |
| Knowing about our past does not automatically yield solutions to our current problems. 了解我们的过去不会自然而然地产生解决我们目前问题的方法。 |
| yield results/benefits The search for truth is beginning to yield fruitful results. 对真相的调查正开始产生富有成效的结果。 |
| | 1a | to make a profit 盈（利）；获（利） | | The combined investment is expected to yield £5,000 in the first year. 这项联合投资预计第一年盈利5,000英镑。 | | yield a profit/return This figure could yield a return high enough to provide a healthy pension. 这个数目能产生很高的回报，足以提供一大笔养老金。 | |
| | 1b | to produce fruit , vegetables, or other foods 出产，产，出（水果、蔬菜或其他食物） | |
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| 2 | I to finally agree to do what someone else wants you to do 服从；顺从；最终让步；屈服 |
| +to The sport should not yield to every demand that the television companies make. 这项体育运动不应该顺从于电视公司的每一项要求。 |
| | 2a | I to stop controlling yourself and finally do something that you were trying not to do 听凭 | | +to He paused a moment before yielding to angry resentment. 他停了片刻之后便勃然大怒。 | |
| | 2b | T to give something to someone else 给予；让与 | | The following year, control of the industry was yielded to the government. 第二年，对这个行业的控制权就交给了政府。 | |
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| 3 | I AMERICAN to allow another vehicle to go before you when you are driving （开车时）让路 |
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| 4 | I formal if something yields when you push or pull it , it moves or bends （受外力而）移动，弯曲 |
| We struggled with the lid, but it wouldn’ t yield. 我们使劲想打开盖子，但就是打不开。 |
| PHRASAL VERBS |
| - | ˌyield ˈup |
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| | to finally allow people to see something that has been hidden 终于使人看到；泄露 | This latest dig has yielded up over a hundred pieces of fine Roman silverware. 最近的这次考古挖掘终于发现了一百多件精美的古罗马银器。 | |
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