yield

1. V-I If you yield to someone or something, you stop resisting them. 屈服[正式]

Carmen yielded to general pressure and grudgingly took the child to a specialist. 卡门屈服于普遍的压力，不得已带孩子去看了位专科大夫。

2. V-T If you yield something that you have control of or responsibility for, you allow someone else to have control or responsibility for it. 放弃[正式]

He may yield control. 他可能放弃控制权。

3. V-I If a moving person or a vehicle yields, they slow down in order to allow other people or vehicles to pass in front of them. 让行[美国英语]

When entering a trail or starting a descent, yield to other skiers. 进入滑道或开始下滑时，给其他滑雪者们让行。

...examples of common signs like No Smoking and Yield. …像“禁止吸烟”和“让行”这样的常见标志例子。

4. V-I If something yields, it breaks or moves position because force or pressure has been put on it. (因受力或受压而) 破碎; 断裂; 移位

He reached the massive door of the barn and pushed. It yielded. 他够着了畜棚厚重的大门推了推。门开了。

5. V-T 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. 产

Last year 400,000 acres of land yielded a crop worth $1.75 billion. 去年40万英亩的土地出产了价值17.5亿美元的粮食。

6. N-COUNT A yield is the amount of food produced on an area of land or by a number of animals. 产量

...improving the yield of the crop. …增加农作物的产量。

7. V-T If a tax or investment yields an amount of money or profit, this money or profit is obtained from it. 产生 (收益)[商业]

It yielded a profit of at least $36 million. 它带来了至少三千六百万美元的利润。

8. N-COUNT A yield is the amount of money or profit produced by an investment. (投资的) 利润; 收益[商业]

...a yield of 4%. …4%的收益。

The high yields available on the dividend shares made them attractive to private investors. 股息股能获得的高收益使它们对私人投资者们很有吸引力。

9. V-T If something yields a result or piece of information, it produces it. 产生 (结果); 制造 (消息)

This research has been in progress since 1961 and has yielded a great number of positive results. 这项研究自1961年以来一直在开展，已经取得了大量的积极成果。