yield
yield
verb
yielder
noun
verb
- [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。
■(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。
■(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。 - [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。
■[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。
■[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。
■give right of way to other traffic
让路
■(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，他摇摇晃晃地走进了屋子。
- the full amount of an agricultural or industrial product
产量；产物
the milk yield was poor.
牛奶产量很少。
■a financial return
（投资等的）利润；红利（或股息）率
an annual dividend yield of 20 per cent.
20%的年利。
yielder
noun
- （一般见于义项1）
- Old English g(i)eldan 'pay, repay', of Germanic origin. The senses 'produce, bear' and 'surrender' arose in Middle English
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