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词汇 low-yield
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Definition of low-yield in English:

low-yield

adjective
  • 1Producing little; giving a low return.

    低产的;低收益的

    low-yield investment

    低回报投资。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • While half of Nova Scotia's apples go to low-yield commodity products like juice, the vast majority of Scotian Gold apples are premium eating apples.
    • Indeed, in this low-yield environment, a bond fund with a flexible investment policy might be just the ticket.
    • Any other decision would carry too great a risk and this England management used up all their high-risk, low-yield return last season.
    • When banks securitize a pool of assets, they sell the low-risk, low-yield portion to conservative investors.
    • Such investment in low-yield instruments must be discontinued and Bulgarian business must be attracted to invest in various instruments in the interests of Bulgaria, he said.
    1. 1.1 (of a nuclear weapon) having a relatively low explosive force.
      (核武器)低当量的
      a low-yield tactical nuclear weapon
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I mean I think the most blatant message was the fact that they're going to have a strategy of preemption that might even include using low-yield nuclear weapons.
      • And, in fact, this bomb is rated second only to a low-yield thermonuclear warhead, if I recall correctly.
      • Destroying hard and buried targets, such as bunkers built beneath mountains or tunnels placed hundreds of feet below ground, is the main justification behind the bid to develop new low-yield, earth-penetrating nuclear weapons.
      • These include diverting the rays from a nuclear explosion and pumping it out in a beam, or very low-yield nuclear weapons to destroy missiles or electronics with radiation alone.
      • Earlier this year the Senate voted to end the ban, provided the Pentagon and Department of Energy sought authorisation from Congress before researching development of low-yield nuclear weapons.

Definition of low-yield in US English:

low-yield

adjectiveˈlōyēld
  • 1Producing little; giving a low return.

    低产的;低收益的

    low-yield investment

    低回报投资。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • When banks securitize a pool of assets, they sell the low-risk, low-yield portion to conservative investors.
    • While half of Nova Scotia's apples go to low-yield commodity products like juice, the vast majority of Scotian Gold apples are premium eating apples.
    • Such investment in low-yield instruments must be discontinued and Bulgarian business must be attracted to invest in various instruments in the interests of Bulgaria, he said.
    • Indeed, in this low-yield environment, a bond fund with a flexible investment policy might be just the ticket.
    • Any other decision would carry too great a risk and this England management used up all their high-risk, low-yield return last season.
    1. 1.1 (of a nuclear weapon) having a relatively low explosive force.
      (核武器)低当量的
      a low-yield tactical nuclear weapon
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I mean I think the most blatant message was the fact that they're going to have a strategy of preemption that might even include using low-yield nuclear weapons.
      • Destroying hard and buried targets, such as bunkers built beneath mountains or tunnels placed hundreds of feet below ground, is the main justification behind the bid to develop new low-yield, earth-penetrating nuclear weapons.
      • These include diverting the rays from a nuclear explosion and pumping it out in a beam, or very low-yield nuclear weapons to destroy missiles or electronics with radiation alone.
      • And, in fact, this bomb is rated second only to a low-yield thermonuclear warhead, if I recall correctly.
      • Earlier this year the Senate voted to end the ban, provided the Pentagon and Department of Energy sought authorisation from Congress before researching development of low-yield nuclear weapons.
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