1. 屈服;屈从;让步
    If you yield to someone or something, you stop resisting them.

yield是什么意思

    e.g. Will she yield to growing pressure for her to retire?...
           面对要求其隐退的压力越来越大，她会屈服吗？
    e.g. I yielded to an impulse...
           我没有忍住冲动。

2. . 放弃;缴出;让出
    If you yield something that you have control of or responsibility for, you allow someone else to have control or responsibility for it

    e.g. He may yield control...
           他可能会放弃控制权。
    e.g. The President is now under pressure to yield power to the republics.
           总统现在面临着让权给共和党人的压力。

3. 被…替代;为…所取代
    If one thing yields to another thing, it is replaced by this other thing.

    e.g. Boston's traditional drab brick was slow to yield to the modern glass palaces of so many American urban areas.
           波士顿传统而单调的砖石建筑并没有迅速被许多美国城市地区流行的现代玻璃大厦所取代。

4. （行人或车辆）让路，让行
    If a moving person or a vehicle yields, they slow down or stop in order to allow other people or vehicles to pass in front of them.

    e.g. When entering a trail or starting a descent, yield to other skiers.
           进入滑雪道或开始下滑时，要给其他滑雪者让路。
    e.g. ...examples of common signs like No Smoking or Yield.
           “请勿吸烟”或“让行”之类的常见标志的例子

5. （受压）折断，活动，移位
    If something yields, it breaks or moves position because force or pressure has been put on it.

yield

    e.g. The door yielded easily when he pushed it.
           他一推，门就开了。

6. 出产（作物）;产（肉）
    If an area of land yields a particular amount of a crop, this is the amount that is produced. You can also say that a number of animals yield a particular amount of meat.

    e.g. Last year 400,000 acres of land yielded a crop worth $1.75 billion.
           去年40万英亩的土地产值达17.5亿美元。

7. （农作物或牲畜的）产量，产出
    A yield is the amount of food produced on an area of land or by a number of animals.

    e.g. ...improving the yield of the crop...
           提高农作物产量
    e.g. Polluted water lessens crop yields.
           受污染的水源会降低农作物产量。

8. （税收或投资）产生，带来（收益或效益）
    If a tax or investment yields an amount of money or profit, this money or profit is obtained from it.

    e.g. It yielded a profit of at least $36 million.
           它带来了至少3,600万美元的收益。

9. 投资收益;利润
    A yield is the amount of money or profit produced by an investment.

    e.g. ...a yield of 4%...
           4%的收益
    e.g. The high yields available on the dividend shares made them attractive to private investors.
           红利股票的高收益率对私人投资者极具吸引力。

10. 产生（结果）；得出（信息）
      If something yields a result or piece of information, it produces it.

      e.g. This research has been in progress since 1961 and has yielded a great number of positive results...
             这项研究自1961年起一直在开展，已取得了不少积极成果。
      e.g. His trip to Melbourne had yielded a lot of information.
             他的墨尔本之行让他大开眼界。

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