Definition of yield in English:

yield

verb jiːldjild

1with object 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。
Example sentencesExamples
- It will also yield valuable manure, provided it is not mixed with inorganic waste like plastic.
- In 17 of 19 cases PCR yielded nonspecific products or failed.
- Further experiments, however, yielded a refined product that reduced the side effects.
- North America is the largest producer of flaxseed and related products that yield millions of tons of fiber.
- The complete metabolism of cane sugar and its complete combustion yield the same products: carbon dioxide and water.
- Cross-referencing among chapters is excellent, yielding a product that appears more integrated than such symposium-product volumes often are.
- The breakdown of porphyrin yields bilirubin, a product that is non-polar and therefore, insoluble.
- Of all sugary plant produce, none yields a commodity as highly valued or widely grown as grape wine.
- Repeated amplifications using the same templates yielded products with identical DNA sequences.
- Since that land would not be totally barren or completely isolated, it would yield some product.
- His grass farm had begun to yield a new product: profits.
- The two reactions each yielded a product of 1.5 kb.
- They live in destitution while the land yields billions of dollars annually to the people who took it away.
Synonyms
produce, bear, give, supply, provide, afford, return, bring in, pull in, haul in, gather in, fetch, earn, net, realize, generate, furnish, bestow, pay out, contribute
1. 1.1 Produce or generate (a result, gain, or financial return)
  this method yields the same results
  这种方法产生同样的结果。
  such investments yield direct cash returns
  这类投资会带来直接的现金回报。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Although his methods could never yield accurate results, they did show that the sun was much further from the earth than was the moon.
  The challenge yields some intriguing results, but it ultimately leaves one desperate for real content.
  The same data submitted to different clustering methods can yield different results.
  The direct tax proposals will yield a gain of $2,000
  This method yielded excellent results because there was improvement of 15 to 20 per cent each time a teacher repeated the exercise.
  Cultures of fluid and biopsy tissue are the diagnostic methods most likely to yield positive results.
  As these methods had yielded such splendid results from nature, they must have something to say about human societies.
  If this solution yields no result you may have a dead card.
  Both methods yielded similar results.
  The students' opinions of distance learning versus traditional methods yielded mixed results.
  Since results from both methods yielded consistent results, only parametric analyses are presented.
  Both methods yielded similar results in terms of the estimated growth rates.
  Our results yielded a nonsignificant effect.
  It yields the same result.
  It's too bad that the return on your investment doesn't always yield the big gains you want.
  It is an important investment and should yield results in the coming years.
  Such strong methods have yielded results.
  It has been shown that he needed to make further assumptions for his methods to yield the results that he claimed for them.
  There are more direct and quicker methods that yield similar results.
  If the first experience with a film yields positive results, clients will likely be enthusiastic about similar homework assignments in the future.
  Synonyms
  produce, bear, give, supply, provide, afford, return, bring in, pull in, haul in, gather in, fetch, earn, net, realize, generate, furnish, bestow, pay out, contribute
  informal rake in
2no object 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。
Example sentencesExamples
- Cooper yielded to the pressure in the 13 th minute.
- The authority yielded to American pressure.
- She yielded to pressure from her contemporaries.
- He finally yielded to her demands.
- In any event Spencer yielded to pressure and resigned in 1893.
- But it later yielded to nearly all the striking truckers' demands.
- The Japanese government yielded to these demands.
- It is reported that the company yielded to the toughest demand to avoid government intervention.
- Workers yielded to pressure and resumed work yesterday, without any improvement, in laying the cross-country pipeline.
- At the age of 76, Jenkins finally yielded to public demand and performed at Carnegie Hall on October 25, 1944.
- In May 1915 Vienna reluctantly yielded to German pressure.
- Halifax chiefs are understood to have yielded to Bank of Scotland's demand that the new company be sited in the Scottish capital.
- This weekend, the administration yielded to his demands and agreed to include a disputed 30 month period in calculating his pension entitlements.
- She yielded to their demands.
- As the state yielded to the power of the mob, German men were forcibly removed from their homes, often ostensibly for their own protection.
- Finally, he partially yielded to their argument.
- He didn't really want the job but yielded to public pressure.
- He yielded to pressure by sharing power with a Prime Minister.
- The councillors may have yielded to pressure.
- He might have yielded to pressure to save his position.
Synonyms
surrender, capitulate, submit, relent, admit defeat, accept defeat, concede defeat, back down, climb down, quit, give in, give up the struggle, lay down one's arms, raise/show the white flag, knuckle under
be overcome, be overwhelmed, be conquered, be beaten, fall victim
informal throw in the towel, throw in the sponge, cave in
accede to, submit to, bow down to, defer to, comply with, conform to, agree to, consent to, go along with, be guided by, heed, note, pay attention to
grant, permit, allow, sanction, warrant
1. 2.1with object Relinquish possession of.
  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。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The ordinary people refused to yield up their humanity.
  Scholars do not yield their ground readily unless the evidence against their position is overwhelming.
  The Ospreys struggled to secure quality first-phase possession, naively throwing long at the lineout, which often yielded possession back to the enthusiastic Blues.
  Without yielding much ground, I sympathize.
  Science must not yield any of its own ground.
  We were going to wait and see whether they responded to the call to yield up the people responsible.
  We understood that overwhelming love drove them to yield up their babies in a hope that they may have a better future.
  There's absolutely no reason to yield up either and we will not.
  They are still refusing to yield up their weapons.
  Synonyms
  relinquish, surrender, part with, deliver up, hand over, turn over, give over
  make over, bequeath, remit, cede, leave, sacrifice
2. 2.2with object Concede (a point of dispute)
  I yielded the point
  在这个问题上我停止了争论。
3. 2.3North American Give right of way to other traffic.
  让路
  Example sentencesExamples
  A preliminary investigation indicates she was at fault for failing to yield to oncoming traffic….
  He said under the new traffic system, motorists drive around the green as they would around a roundabout, yielding to traffic coming from the right and travelling in a clockwise direction.
  Motorists will be able to proceed through the intersection after yielding to circulating traffic on the left.
  The safety authority wanted all vehicles approaching a T-junction from a minor road to yield to right-turning traffic from a through road.
3no object (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。
Example sentencesExamples
- The upper right-hand corner yielded to a slight pressure.
- The structure yields.
Synonyms
bend, give, flex, be flexible, be pliant

noun jiːldjild

1An amount produced of an agricultural or industrial product.
出产（天然产品，农产品，工业产品），产，出
the milk yield was poor
牛奶产量很少。
Example sentencesExamples
- The high yields of the stock market can be exploited either by letting individuals invest their money in the market or by having the government invest it there for them.
- The majority of the continent's population is employed in agriculture characterized by low yields and low labor productivity.
- Agricultural yields were improving and the development of turnpike roads and canals later in the century enabled food to be transported more quickly to areas of shortage.
- The ultimate goal of credit is to produce yields for both the bank and the debtor.
- They need Phosphorus and Potassium to produce high yields and to persist.
- Yields of cereal grains are likely to decrease in the tropics where many countries are already under water stress.
- In the office and industrial sectors, yields are likely to be less than 5% at present.
- It severely reduces agricultural yields and productivity.
- The significance of soil salinity for agricultural yields is enormous.
- In the case of cereals, grain is the primary yield and total production depends on the number of plants per area, tillers per plant, number of ears per tiller, grains per ear and mass per grain.
- Organic farmers use natural controls and work with nature's cycles to produce healthful, abundant yields.
- There is still time, though, for winter wheat to be drilled and to produce reasonable yields.
- Milk yield is dependent on a good energy intake and a crude protein of 16.5% in the diet.
- It must be optimized to produce yields in excess of 100 bushels per acre.
- Producers have reduced yields and controlled fermentation temperatures in an attempt to capture the distinct aroma of the grape.
- The result has often been poor yields and high production costs.
- Scientists warn that such changes could affect agricultural yields, timber harvests and water resource productivity.
- He said Government had spent enough resources in the agricultural sector which should produce a good yield.
- While the yield of a product is carefully monitored, the amount of waste generated has until recently been of less concern.
- Genetically engineered super plants are expected to boost agricultural yields significantly.
1. 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。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The four smaller operators offer juicy yields of around 6% or more.
  This is pushing prices up and resulting in yields returning to 2000 levels.
  US shares returned a total yield for the period of less than zero, giving the lie to the often-heard pronouncement that long-term stock market returns are always healthy.
  He said that the Fed still had ammunition to fight the deflation threat and hinted that it might consider market operations to drive long-term yields lower.
  While Twain was most impressed with the productivity of Hawaiian acreage, both in terms of yields and returns on capital, he devoted the bulk of his article to a discussion of labour.
  Such price increases in bonds would, sooner or later, be reversed and yields would return to their average levels seen in the past.
  A Fresh Strategy for Bonds Earnings will come from yields, not price gains
  I will increase my investment in British commercial property, as prices have weakened and rental yields are strong.
  The yields at which investors have the opportunity to get into both markets look sensible.
  Becoming a real landlady is a lot of work and the apartment market is only returning an annual yield of about 2.5%, barely enough to cover inflation.
  Synonyms
  profit, gain, return, reward, revenue, dividend, proceeds, receipts, earnings, takings
  product, production, produce, output, crop, harvest
  North American take
  informal pickings
  British informal bunce

Derivatives

yielder

noun ˈjiːldəˈjildər

Economics

with adjective A stock, company, etc., that produces or generates a specified level of gain or financial return.
the stock is a low yielder at present
Example sentencesExamples
- He is avoiding high yielders such as WH Smith, Northern Foods and Premier Foods.
- High yielders have not disappointed investors lately.
- High yielders and heifers suffer most with tight grazing.

Origin

Old English g(i)eldan 'pay, repay', of Germanic origin. The senses 'produce, bear' and 'surrender' arose in Middle English.

Rhymes

afield, field, midfield, misfield, shield, unaneled, unconcealed, unhealed, unpeeled, unrevealed, unsealed, wield

Definition of yield in US English:

yield

verbyēldjild

1with object 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。
Example sentencesExamples
- They live in destitution while the land yields billions of dollars annually to the people who took it away.
- In 17 of 19 cases PCR yielded nonspecific products or failed.
- Since that land would not be totally barren or completely isolated, it would yield some product.
- The two reactions each yielded a product of 1.5 kb.
- The complete metabolism of cane sugar and its complete combustion yield the same products: carbon dioxide and water.
- Repeated amplifications using the same templates yielded products with identical DNA sequences.
- Cross-referencing among chapters is excellent, yielding a product that appears more integrated than such symposium-product volumes often are.
- Of all sugary plant produce, none yields a commodity as highly valued or widely grown as grape wine.
- It will also yield valuable manure, provided it is not mixed with inorganic waste like plastic.
- His grass farm had begun to yield a new product: profits.
- The breakdown of porphyrin yields bilirubin, a product that is non-polar and therefore, insoluble.
- Further experiments, however, yielded a refined product that reduced the side effects.
- North America is the largest producer of flaxseed and related products that yield millions of tons of fiber.
Synonyms
produce, bear, give, supply, provide, afford, return, bring in, pull in, haul in, gather in, fetch, earn, net, realize, generate, furnish, bestow, pay out, contribute
1. 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。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Our results yielded a nonsignificant effect.
  The direct tax proposals will yield a gain of $2,000
  There are more direct and quicker methods that yield similar results.
  As these methods had yielded such splendid results from nature, they must have something to say about human societies.
  It is an important investment and should yield results in the coming years.
  This method yielded excellent results because there was improvement of 15 to 20 per cent each time a teacher repeated the exercise.
  The students' opinions of distance learning versus traditional methods yielded mixed results.
  Such strong methods have yielded results.
  Cultures of fluid and biopsy tissue are the diagnostic methods most likely to yield positive results.
  Since results from both methods yielded consistent results, only parametric analyses are presented.
  Both methods yielded similar results in terms of the estimated growth rates.
  Although his methods could never yield accurate results, they did show that the sun was much further from the earth than was the moon.
  If the first experience with a film yields positive results, clients will likely be enthusiastic about similar homework assignments in the future.
  It's too bad that the return on your investment doesn't always yield the big gains you want.
  It has been shown that he needed to make further assumptions for his methods to yield the results that he claimed for them.
  The challenge yields some intriguing results, but it ultimately leaves one desperate for real content.
  If this solution yields no result you may have a dead card.
  The same data submitted to different clustering methods can yield different results.
  It yields the same result.
  Both methods yielded similar results.
  Synonyms
  produce, bear, give, supply, provide, afford, return, bring in, pull in, haul in, gather in, fetch, earn, net, realize, generate, furnish, bestow, pay out, contribute
2. 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。
  Example sentencesExamples
  These arrangements can yield distribution and processing savings on both sides.
2no object 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。
Example sentencesExamples
- Finally, he partially yielded to their argument.
- She yielded to pressure from her contemporaries.
- He might have yielded to pressure to save his position.
- He yielded to pressure by sharing power with a Prime Minister.
- The Japanese government yielded to these demands.
- But it later yielded to nearly all the striking truckers' demands.
- At the age of 76, Jenkins finally yielded to public demand and performed at Carnegie Hall on October 25, 1944.
- In May 1915 Vienna reluctantly yielded to German pressure.
- The authority yielded to American pressure.
- Halifax chiefs are understood to have yielded to Bank of Scotland's demand that the new company be sited in the Scottish capital.
- This weekend, the administration yielded to his demands and agreed to include a disputed 30 month period in calculating his pension entitlements.
- Workers yielded to pressure and resumed work yesterday, without any improvement, in laying the cross-country pipeline.
- He finally yielded to her demands.
- The councillors may have yielded to pressure.
- She yielded to their demands.
- It is reported that the company yielded to the toughest demand to avoid government intervention.
- In any event Spencer yielded to pressure and resigned in 1893.
- Cooper yielded to the pressure in the 13 th minute.
- As the state yielded to the power of the mob, German men were forcibly removed from their homes, often ostensibly for their own protection.
- He didn't really want the job but yielded to public pressure.
Synonyms
surrender, capitulate, submit, relent, admit defeat, accept defeat, concede defeat, back down, climb down, quit, give in, give up the struggle, lay down one's arms, raise the white flag, show the white flag, knuckle under
accede to, submit to, bow down to, defer to, comply with, conform to, agree to, consent to, go along with, be guided by, heed, note, pay attention to
1. 2.1with object 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。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Without yielding much ground, I sympathize.
  Scholars do not yield their ground readily unless the evidence against their position is overwhelming.
  We were going to wait and see whether they responded to the call to yield up the people responsible.
  The Ospreys struggled to secure quality first-phase possession, naively throwing long at the lineout, which often yielded possession back to the enthusiastic Blues.
  We understood that overwhelming love drove them to yield up their babies in a hope that they may have a better future.
  Science must not yield any of its own ground.
  There's absolutely no reason to yield up either and we will not.
  They are still refusing to yield up their weapons.
  The ordinary people refused to yield up their humanity.
  Synonyms
  relinquish, surrender, part with, deliver up, hand over, turn over, give over
2. 2.2with object Cease to argue about.
  停止争论
  I yielded the point
  在这个问题上我停止了争论。
3. 2.3 (especially in a legislature) allow another the right to speak in a debate.
  I yield to the gentleman from Kentucky
4. 2.4North American Give right of way to other traffic.
  让路
  Example sentencesExamples
  Motorists will be able to proceed through the intersection after yielding to circulating traffic on the left.
  He said under the new traffic system, motorists drive around the green as they would around a roundabout, yielding to traffic coming from the right and travelling in a clockwise direction.
  The safety authority wanted all vehicles approaching a T-junction from a minor road to yield to right-turning traffic from a through road.
  A preliminary investigation indicates she was at fault for failing to yield to oncoming traffic….
3(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。
Example sentencesExamples
- The structure yields.
- The upper right-hand corner yielded to a slight pressure.
Synonyms
bend, give, flex, be flexible, be pliant

nounyēldjild

1The full amount of an agricultural or industrial product.
出产（天然产品，农产品，工业产品），产，出
the milk yield was poor
牛奶产量很少。
Example sentencesExamples
- In the case of cereals, grain is the primary yield and total production depends on the number of plants per area, tillers per plant, number of ears per tiller, grains per ear and mass per grain.
- Organic farmers use natural controls and work with nature's cycles to produce healthful, abundant yields.
- While the yield of a product is carefully monitored, the amount of waste generated has until recently been of less concern.
- Milk yield is dependent on a good energy intake and a crude protein of 16.5% in the diet.
- In the office and industrial sectors, yields are likely to be less than 5% at present.
- The majority of the continent's population is employed in agriculture characterized by low yields and low labor productivity.
- Yields of cereal grains are likely to decrease in the tropics where many countries are already under water stress.
- The result has often been poor yields and high production costs.
- Genetically engineered super plants are expected to boost agricultural yields significantly.
- They need Phosphorus and Potassium to produce high yields and to persist.
- The ultimate goal of credit is to produce yields for both the bank and the debtor.
- Agricultural yields were improving and the development of turnpike roads and canals later in the century enabled food to be transported more quickly to areas of shortage.
- Producers have reduced yields and controlled fermentation temperatures in an attempt to capture the distinct aroma of the grape.
- The significance of soil salinity for agricultural yields is enormous.
- He said Government had spent enough resources in the agricultural sector which should produce a good yield.
- There is still time, though, for winter wheat to be drilled and to produce reasonable yields.
- The high yields of the stock market can be exploited either by letting individuals invest their money in the market or by having the government invest it there for them.
- Scientists warn that such changes could affect agricultural yields, timber harvests and water resource productivity.
- It severely reduces agricultural yields and productivity.
- It must be optimized to produce yields in excess of 100 bushels per acre.
1. 1.1 The amount of money brought in, e.g., interest from an investment or revenue from a tax; return.
  an annual dividend yield of 20 percent
  20%的年利。
  Example sentencesExamples
  While Twain was most impressed with the productivity of Hawaiian acreage, both in terms of yields and returns on capital, he devoted the bulk of his article to a discussion of labour.
  He said that the Fed still had ammunition to fight the deflation threat and hinted that it might consider market operations to drive long-term yields lower.
  US shares returned a total yield for the period of less than zero, giving the lie to the often-heard pronouncement that long-term stock market returns are always healthy.
  Such price increases in bonds would, sooner or later, be reversed and yields would return to their average levels seen in the past.
  The yields at which investors have the opportunity to get into both markets look sensible.
  Becoming a real landlady is a lot of work and the apartment market is only returning an annual yield of about 2.5%, barely enough to cover inflation.
  I will increase my investment in British commercial property, as prices have weakened and rental yields are strong.
  The four smaller operators offer juicy yields of around 6% or more.
  A Fresh Strategy for Bonds Earnings will come from yields, not price gains
  This is pushing prices up and resulting in yields returning to 2000 levels.
  Synonyms
  profit, gain, return, reward, revenue, dividend, proceeds, receipts, earnings, takings
2. 1.2Chemistry The amount obtained from a process or reaction relative to the theoretical maximum amount obtainable.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Eventually, 16 glycoconjugated porphyrins 3 and 5 were obtained in moderate yield.
  Pod tissue was illuminated in various gas phases until a steady fluorescence yield was obtained.
  These new constraints sometimes conflict: maximum yield is often obtained with large amounts of N, increasing the risks of N leaching.
  The weight of each arrow reflects the relative yield of each dissipative process, in a non-proportional manner.
  Instead, a weak negative association was found with relative tuber yield.
3. 1.3 (of a nuclear weapon) the force in tons or kilotons of TNT required to produce an equivalent explosion.
  yields ranging from five kilotons to 100 tons
  Example sentencesExamples
  Clearly laid out are the step-by-step improvements in the safety, weight, and yield of American nuclear weapons, and in their readiness for use.
  It has long been established that you get decreasing destructive force for the yield used as it goes higher.
  Nuclear weapon yields are measured as kilotons or megatons (one million tons of TNT).
  It renders nuclear yields, for example, in terms not of kilotons, which is the convention, but of pounds of TNT equivalent.
  Chapelcross is Britain's only producer of tritium, a radio-active gas which is essential for boosting the explosive yield of nuclear bombs.

Origin

Old English g(i)eldan ‘pay, repay’, of Germanic origin. The senses ‘produce, bear’ and ‘surrender’ arose in Middle English.

词汇	yield
释义	Definition of yield in English: yield verb jiːldjild 1with object 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。 Example sentencesExamples It will also yield valuable manure, provided it is not mixed with inorganic waste like plastic. In 17 of 19 cases PCR yielded nonspecific products or failed. Further experiments, however, yielded a refined product that reduced the side effects. North America is the largest producer of flaxseed and related products that yield millions of tons of fiber. The complete metabolism of cane sugar and its complete combustion yield the same products: carbon dioxide and water. Cross-referencing among chapters is excellent, yielding a product that appears more integrated than such symposium-product volumes often are. The breakdown of porphyrin yields bilirubin, a product that is non-polar and therefore, insoluble. Of all sugary plant produce, none yields a commodity as highly valued or widely grown as grape wine. Repeated amplifications using the same templates yielded products with identical DNA sequences. Since that land would not be totally barren or completely isolated, it would yield some product. His grass farm had begun to yield a new product: profits. The two reactions each yielded a product of 1.5 kb. They live in destitution while the land yields billions of dollars annually to the people who took it away. Synonyms produce, bear, give, supply, provide, afford, return, bring in, pull in, haul in, gather in, fetch, earn, net, realize, generate, furnish, bestow, pay out, contribute 1.1 Produce or generate (a result, gain, or financial return) this method yields the same results 这种方法产生同样的结果。 such investments yield direct cash returns 这类投资会带来直接的现金回报。 Example sentencesExamples Although his methods could never yield accurate results, they did show that the sun was much further from the earth than was the moon. The challenge yields some intriguing results, but it ultimately leaves one desperate for real content. The same data submitted to different clustering methods can yield different results. The direct tax proposals will yield a gain of $2,000 This method yielded excellent results because there was improvement of 15 to 20 per cent each time a teacher repeated the exercise. Cultures of fluid and biopsy tissue are the diagnostic methods most likely to yield positive results. As these methods had yielded such splendid results from nature, they must have something to say about human societies. If this solution yields no result you may have a dead card. Both methods yielded similar results. The students' opinions of distance learning versus traditional methods yielded mixed results. Since results from both methods yielded consistent results, only parametric analyses are presented. Both methods yielded similar results in terms of the estimated growth rates. Our results yielded a nonsignificant effect. It yields the same result. It's too bad that the return on your investment doesn't always yield the big gains you want. It is an important investment and should yield results in the coming years. Such strong methods have yielded results. It has been shown that he needed to make further assumptions for his methods to yield the results that he claimed for them. There are more direct and quicker methods that yield similar results. If the first experience with a film yields positive results, clients will likely be enthusiastic about similar homework assignments in the future. Synonyms produce, bear, give, supply, provide, afford, return, bring in, pull in, haul in, gather in, fetch, earn, net, realize, generate, furnish, bestow, pay out, contribute informal rake in 2no object 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。 Example sentencesExamples Cooper yielded to the pressure in the 13 th minute. The authority yielded to American pressure. She yielded to pressure from her contemporaries. He finally yielded to her demands. In any event Spencer yielded to pressure and resigned in 1893. But it later yielded to nearly all the striking truckers' demands. The Japanese government yielded to these demands. It is reported that the company yielded to the toughest demand to avoid government intervention. Workers yielded to pressure and resumed work yesterday, without any improvement, in laying the cross-country pipeline. At the age of 76, Jenkins finally yielded to public demand and performed at Carnegie Hall on October 25, 1944. In May 1915 Vienna reluctantly yielded to German pressure. Halifax chiefs are understood to have yielded to Bank of Scotland's demand that the new company be sited in the Scottish capital. This weekend, the administration yielded to his demands and agreed to include a disputed 30 month period in calculating his pension entitlements. She yielded to their demands. As the state yielded to the power of the mob, German men were forcibly removed from their homes, often ostensibly for their own protection. Finally, he partially yielded to their argument. He didn't really want the job but yielded to public pressure. He yielded to pressure by sharing power with a Prime Minister. The councillors may have yielded to pressure. He might have yielded to pressure to save his position. Synonyms surrender, capitulate, submit, relent, admit defeat, accept defeat, concede defeat, back down, climb down, quit, give in, give up the struggle, lay down one's arms, raise/show the white flag, knuckle under be overcome, be overwhelmed, be conquered, be beaten, fall victim informal throw in the towel, throw in the sponge, cave in accede to, submit to, bow down to, defer to, comply with, conform to, agree to, consent to, go along with, be guided by, heed, note, pay attention to grant, permit, allow, sanction, warrant 2.1with object Relinquish possession of. 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。 Example sentencesExamples The ordinary people refused to yield up their humanity. Scholars do not yield their ground readily unless the evidence against their position is overwhelming. The Ospreys struggled to secure quality first-phase possession, naively throwing long at the lineout, which often yielded possession back to the enthusiastic Blues. Without yielding much ground, I sympathize. Science must not yield any of its own ground. We were going to wait and see whether they responded to the call to yield up the people responsible. We understood that overwhelming love drove them to yield up their babies in a hope that they may have a better future. There's absolutely no reason to yield up either and we will not. They are still refusing to yield up their weapons. Synonyms relinquish, surrender, part with, deliver up, hand over, turn over, give over make over, bequeath, remit, cede, leave, sacrifice 2.2with object Concede (a point of dispute) I yielded the point 在这个问题上我停止了争论。 2.3North American Give right of way to other traffic. 让路 Example sentencesExamples A preliminary investigation indicates she was at fault for failing to yield to oncoming traffic…. He said under the new traffic system, motorists drive around the green as they would around a roundabout, yielding to traffic coming from the right and travelling in a clockwise direction. Motorists will be able to proceed through the intersection after yielding to circulating traffic on the left. The safety authority wanted all vehicles approaching a T-junction from a minor road to yield to right-turning traffic from a through road. 3no object (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。 Example sentencesExamples The upper right-hand corner yielded to a slight pressure. The structure yields. Synonyms bend, give, flex, be flexible, be pliant noun jiːldjild 1An amount produced of an agricultural or industrial product. 出产（天然产品，农产品，工业产品），产，出 the milk yield was poor 牛奶产量很少。 Example sentencesExamples The high yields of the stock market can be exploited either by letting individuals invest their money in the market or by having the government invest it there for them. The majority of the continent's population is employed in agriculture characterized by low yields and low labor productivity. Agricultural yields were improving and the development of turnpike roads and canals later in the century enabled food to be transported more quickly to areas of shortage. The ultimate goal of credit is to produce yields for both the bank and the debtor. They need Phosphorus and Potassium to produce high yields and to persist. Yields of cereal grains are likely to decrease in the tropics where many countries are already under water stress. In the office and industrial sectors, yields are likely to be less than 5% at present. It severely reduces agricultural yields and productivity. The significance of soil salinity for agricultural yields is enormous. In the case of cereals, grain is the primary yield and total production depends on the number of plants per area, tillers per plant, number of ears per tiller, grains per ear and mass per grain. Organic farmers use natural controls and work with nature's cycles to produce healthful, abundant yields. There is still time, though, for winter wheat to be drilled and to produce reasonable yields. Milk yield is dependent on a good energy intake and a crude protein of 16.5% in the diet. It must be optimized to produce yields in excess of 100 bushels per acre. Producers have reduced yields and controlled fermentation temperatures in an attempt to capture the distinct aroma of the grape. The result has often been poor yields and high production costs. Scientists warn that such changes could affect agricultural yields, timber harvests and water resource productivity. He said Government had spent enough resources in the agricultural sector which should produce a good yield. While the yield of a product is carefully monitored, the amount of waste generated has until recently been of less concern. Genetically engineered super plants are expected to boost agricultural yields significantly. 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。 Example sentencesExamples The four smaller operators offer juicy yields of around 6% or more. This is pushing prices up and resulting in yields returning to 2000 levels. US shares returned a total yield for the period of less than zero, giving the lie to the often-heard pronouncement that long-term stock market returns are always healthy. He said that the Fed still had ammunition to fight the deflation threat and hinted that it might consider market operations to drive long-term yields lower. While Twain was most impressed with the productivity of Hawaiian acreage, both in terms of yields and returns on capital, he devoted the bulk of his article to a discussion of labour. Such price increases in bonds would, sooner or later, be reversed and yields would return to their average levels seen in the past. A Fresh Strategy for Bonds Earnings will come from yields, not price gains I will increase my investment in British commercial property, as prices have weakened and rental yields are strong. The yields at which investors have the opportunity to get into both markets look sensible. Becoming a real landlady is a lot of work and the apartment market is only returning an annual yield of about 2.5%, barely enough to cover inflation. Synonyms profit, gain, return, reward, revenue, dividend, proceeds, receipts, earnings, takings product, production, produce, output, crop, harvest North American take informal pickings British informal bunce Derivatives yielder noun ˈjiːldəˈjildər Economics with adjective A stock, company, etc., that produces or generates a specified level of gain or financial return. the stock is a low yielder at present Example sentencesExamples He is avoiding high yielders such as WH Smith, Northern Foods and Premier Foods. High yielders have not disappointed investors lately. High yielders and heifers suffer most with tight grazing. Origin Old English g(i)eldan 'pay, repay', of Germanic origin. The senses 'produce, bear' and 'surrender' arose in Middle English. Rhymes afield, field, midfield, misfield, shield, unaneled, unconcealed, unhealed, unpeeled, unrevealed, unsealed, wield Definition of yield in US English: yield verbyēldjild 1with object 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。 Example sentencesExamples They live in destitution while the land yields billions of dollars annually to the people who took it away. In 17 of 19 cases PCR yielded nonspecific products or failed. Since that land would not be totally barren or completely isolated, it would yield some product. The two reactions each yielded a product of 1.5 kb. The complete metabolism of cane sugar and its complete combustion yield the same products: carbon dioxide and water. Repeated amplifications using the same templates yielded products with identical DNA sequences. Cross-referencing among chapters is excellent, yielding a product that appears more integrated than such symposium-product volumes often are. Of all sugary plant produce, none yields a commodity as highly valued or widely grown as grape wine. It will also yield valuable manure, provided it is not mixed with inorganic waste like plastic. His grass farm had begun to yield a new product: profits. The breakdown of porphyrin yields bilirubin, a product that is non-polar and therefore, insoluble. Further experiments, however, yielded a refined product that reduced the side effects. North America is the largest producer of flaxseed and related products that yield millions of tons of fiber. Synonyms produce, bear, give, supply, provide, afford, return, bring in, pull in, haul in, gather in, fetch, earn, net, realize, generate, furnish, bestow, pay out, contribute 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。 Example sentencesExamples Our results yielded a nonsignificant effect. The direct tax proposals will yield a gain of $2,000 There are more direct and quicker methods that yield similar results. As these methods had yielded such splendid results from nature, they must have something to say about human societies. It is an important investment and should yield results in the coming years. This method yielded excellent results because there was improvement of 15 to 20 per cent each time a teacher repeated the exercise. The students' opinions of distance learning versus traditional methods yielded mixed results. Such strong methods have yielded results. Cultures of fluid and biopsy tissue are the diagnostic methods most likely to yield positive results. Since results from both methods yielded consistent results, only parametric analyses are presented. Both methods yielded similar results in terms of the estimated growth rates. Although his methods could never yield accurate results, they did show that the sun was much further from the earth than was the moon. If the first experience with a film yields positive results, clients will likely be enthusiastic about similar homework assignments in the future. It's too bad that the return on your investment doesn't always yield the big gains you want. It has been shown that he needed to make further assumptions for his methods to yield the results that he claimed for them. The challenge yields some intriguing results, but it ultimately leaves one desperate for real content. If this solution yields no result you may have a dead card. The same data submitted to different clustering methods can yield different results. It yields the same result. Both methods yielded similar results. Synonyms produce, bear, give, supply, provide, afford, return, bring in, pull in, haul in, gather in, fetch, earn, net, realize, generate, furnish, bestow, pay out, contribute 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。 Example sentencesExamples These arrangements can yield distribution and processing savings on both sides. 2no object 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。 Example sentencesExamples Finally, he partially yielded to their argument. She yielded to pressure from her contemporaries. He might have yielded to pressure to save his position. He yielded to pressure by sharing power with a Prime Minister. The Japanese government yielded to these demands. But it later yielded to nearly all the striking truckers' demands. At the age of 76, Jenkins finally yielded to public demand and performed at Carnegie Hall on October 25, 1944. In May 1915 Vienna reluctantly yielded to German pressure. The authority yielded to American pressure. Halifax chiefs are understood to have yielded to Bank of Scotland's demand that the new company be sited in the Scottish capital. This weekend, the administration yielded to his demands and agreed to include a disputed 30 month period in calculating his pension entitlements. Workers yielded to pressure and resumed work yesterday, without any improvement, in laying the cross-country pipeline. He finally yielded to her demands. The councillors may have yielded to pressure. She yielded to their demands. It is reported that the company yielded to the toughest demand to avoid government intervention. In any event Spencer yielded to pressure and resigned in 1893. Cooper yielded to the pressure in the 13 th minute. As the state yielded to the power of the mob, German men were forcibly removed from their homes, often ostensibly for their own protection. He didn't really want the job but yielded to public pressure. Synonyms surrender, capitulate, submit, relent, admit defeat, accept defeat, concede defeat, back down, climb down, quit, give in, give up the struggle, lay down one's arms, raise the white flag, show the white flag, knuckle under accede to, submit to, bow down to, defer to, comply with, conform to, agree to, consent to, go along with, be guided by, heed, note, pay attention to 2.1with object 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。 Example sentencesExamples Without yielding much ground, I sympathize. Scholars do not yield their ground readily unless the evidence against their position is overwhelming. We were going to wait and see whether they responded to the call to yield up the people responsible. The Ospreys struggled to secure quality first-phase possession, naively throwing long at the lineout, which often yielded possession back to the enthusiastic Blues. We understood that overwhelming love drove them to yield up their babies in a hope that they may have a better future. Science must not yield any of its own ground. There's absolutely no reason to yield up either and we will not. They are still refusing to yield up their weapons. The ordinary people refused to yield up their humanity. Synonyms relinquish, surrender, part with, deliver up, hand over, turn over, give over 2.2with object 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 (especially in a legislature) allow another the right to speak in a debate. I yield to the gentleman from Kentucky 2.4North American Give right of way to other traffic. 让路 Example sentencesExamples Motorists will be able to proceed through the intersection after yielding to circulating traffic on the left. He said under the new traffic system, motorists drive around the green as they would around a roundabout, yielding to traffic coming from the right and travelling in a clockwise direction. The safety authority wanted all vehicles approaching a T-junction from a minor road to yield to right-turning traffic from a through road. A preliminary investigation indicates she was at fault for failing to yield to oncoming traffic…. 3(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。 Example sentencesExamples The structure yields. The upper right-hand corner yielded to a slight pressure. Synonyms bend, give, flex, be flexible, be pliant nounyēldjild 1The full amount of an agricultural or industrial product. 出产（天然产品，农产品，工业产品），产，出 the milk yield was poor 牛奶产量很少。 Example sentencesExamples In the case of cereals, grain is the primary yield and total production depends on the number of plants per area, tillers per plant, number of ears per tiller, grains per ear and mass per grain. Organic farmers use natural controls and work with nature's cycles to produce healthful, abundant yields. While the yield of a product is carefully monitored, the amount of waste generated has until recently been of less concern. Milk yield is dependent on a good energy intake and a crude protein of 16.5% in the diet. In the office and industrial sectors, yields are likely to be less than 5% at present. The majority of the continent's population is employed in agriculture characterized by low yields and low labor productivity. Yields of cereal grains are likely to decrease in the tropics where many countries are already under water stress. The result has often been poor yields and high production costs. Genetically engineered super plants are expected to boost agricultural yields significantly. They need Phosphorus and Potassium to produce high yields and to persist. The ultimate goal of credit is to produce yields for both the bank and the debtor. Agricultural yields were improving and the development of turnpike roads and canals later in the century enabled food to be transported more quickly to areas of shortage. Producers have reduced yields and controlled fermentation temperatures in an attempt to capture the distinct aroma of the grape. The significance of soil salinity for agricultural yields is enormous. He said Government had spent enough resources in the agricultural sector which should produce a good yield. There is still time, though, for winter wheat to be drilled and to produce reasonable yields. The high yields of the stock market can be exploited either by letting individuals invest their money in the market or by having the government invest it there for them. Scientists warn that such changes could affect agricultural yields, timber harvests and water resource productivity. It severely reduces agricultural yields and productivity. It must be optimized to produce yields in excess of 100 bushels per acre. 1.1 The amount of money brought in, e.g., interest from an investment or revenue from a tax; return. an annual dividend yield of 20 percent 20%的年利。 Example sentencesExamples While Twain was most impressed with the productivity of Hawaiian acreage, both in terms of yields and returns on capital, he devoted the bulk of his article to a discussion of labour. He said that the Fed still had ammunition to fight the deflation threat and hinted that it might consider market operations to drive long-term yields lower. US shares returned a total yield for the period of less than zero, giving the lie to the often-heard pronouncement that long-term stock market returns are always healthy. Such price increases in bonds would, sooner or later, be reversed and yields would return to their average levels seen in the past. The yields at which investors have the opportunity to get into both markets look sensible. Becoming a real landlady is a lot of work and the apartment market is only returning an annual yield of about 2.5%, barely enough to cover inflation. I will increase my investment in British commercial property, as prices have weakened and rental yields are strong. The four smaller operators offer juicy yields of around 6% or more. A Fresh Strategy for Bonds Earnings will come from yields, not price gains This is pushing prices up and resulting in yields returning to 2000 levels. Synonyms profit, gain, return, reward, revenue, dividend, proceeds, receipts, earnings, takings 1.2Chemistry The amount obtained from a process or reaction relative to the theoretical maximum amount obtainable. Example sentencesExamples Eventually, 16 glycoconjugated porphyrins 3 and 5 were obtained in moderate yield. Pod tissue was illuminated in various gas phases until a steady fluorescence yield was obtained. These new constraints sometimes conflict: maximum yield is often obtained with large amounts of N, increasing the risks of N leaching. The weight of each arrow reflects the relative yield of each dissipative process, in a non-proportional manner. Instead, a weak negative association was found with relative tuber yield. 1.3 (of a nuclear weapon) the force in tons or kilotons of TNT required to produce an equivalent explosion. yields ranging from five kilotons to 100 tons Example sentencesExamples Clearly laid out are the step-by-step improvements in the safety, weight, and yield of American nuclear weapons, and in their readiness for use. It has long been established that you get decreasing destructive force for the yield used as it goes higher. Nuclear weapon yields are measured as kilotons or megatons (one million tons of TNT). It renders nuclear yields, for example, in terms not of kilotons, which is the convention, but of pounds of TNT equivalent. Chapelcross is Britain's only producer of tritium, a radio-active gas which is essential for boosting the explosive yield of nuclear bombs. Origin Old English g(i)eldan ‘pay, repay’, of Germanic origin. The senses ‘produce, bear’ and ‘surrender’ arose in Middle English.
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