1
- with obj. produce or provide (a natural, agricultural, or industrial product)出产（天然产品, 农产品, 工业产品）, 产, 出：
the land yields grapes and tobacco.
这片土地出产葡萄和烟草。
1.1
- (of an action or process) produce or deliver (a result or gain)产生（效果、收益等）; 带来：
this method yields the same results.
这种方法产生同样的结果。
1.2
- (of a financial or commercial process or transaction) generate (a specified financial return)（金融或商业交易等）产生（回报）; 生息：
such investments yield direct cash returns.
这类投资会带来直接的现金回报。
2
- no obj. give way to arguments, demands, or pressure屈服; 投降; 服从, 顺从; 听凭：
the Western powers now yielded when they should have resisted
西方大国在本该反抗的时刻却屈服了
he yielded to the demands of his partners.
他被迫同意了他伙伴的要求。
2.1
- with obj. relinquish possession of (something); give (something) up泄露; 放弃; 让出：
they might yield up their secrets
他们也许会泄露秘密
they are forced to yield ground.
他们被迫让步。
2.2
- with obj. cease to argue about停止争论：
I yielded the point.
在这个问题上我停止了争论。
2.3
- give right of way to other traffic让路。
2.4
- (of a mass or structure) give way under force or pressure（在外力、重压等下）屈曲; 倒塌：
he reeled into the house as the door yielded.
门终于推开了, 他跌跌撞撞地走进了屋子。
1
- the full amount of an agricultural or industrial product产量; 产物：
the milk yield was poor.
牛奶产量很少。
1.1
- a financial return利润; 红利（或股息）率：
an annual dividend yield of 20 per cent.
20%的年利。
派生词
yielder
noun （一般见于义项1）词源
Old English g(i)eldan 'pay， repay'， of Germanic origin. The senses 'produce， bear' and 'surrender' arose in Middle English.