yield

詳細解釋：

yield

v.（動詞）
yield.ed,yield.ing,yields
v.tr.（及物動詞）

To give forth by or as if by a natural process, especially by cultivation:
生產：通過或似乎通過自然生產過程產出，尤指通過耕作：
例句：
a field that yields many bushels of corn.
盛產玉米的農田

To furnish as return for effort or investment; be productive of:
獲利：作為對努力或投資的回報而給予；產生：
例句：
an investment that yields high percentages.
產生高額利潤的投資

To give over possession of, as in deference or defeat; surrender.
放棄，投降：因敬畏或失敗而放棄…的所有權；投降
To give up (an advantage, for example) to another; concede.
讓渡：把（如，優勢）讓與他人；退讓
v.intr.（不及物動詞）

To give forth a natural product; be productive.
生產：產出自然作物；生產
To produce a return for effort or investment:
生利：因努力或投資產生收益：
例句：
bonds that yield well.
獲利很多的債券

To give up, as in defeat; surrender or submit.
讓與，屈服：因失敗而放棄；投降或屈服
To give way to pressure or force:
放棄，屈服：讓步於壓力或武力：
例句：
The door yielded to a gentle push.
輕輕一推門就開了

To give way to argument, persuasion, influence, or entreaty:
讓步：向爭論、勸說、影響或乞求讓步：
例句：
The child pleaded, but the parents wouldn`t yield.
孩子苦苦哀求，但父母不讓步

To give place, as to one that is superior:
退讓，退位：讓位於…，如對於上級：
例句：
She yields to no one in her condemnation of violence.
她即使因暴力而受非難，也不肯退位

n.（名詞）

An amount yielded or produced; a product.
生產量；生產物
A profit obtained from an investment; a return.
投資的收益：投資獲利；回報
The energy released by an explosion, especially by a nuclear explosion, expressed in units of weight of * required to produce an equivalent release:
當量：由 * ，尤其是核 * 所釋放出的能量，用產生相等釋放所需要 * 重量單位來表示：
例句：
The atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima had a yield of 20 kilotons.
落在廣島的原 * 產生出二萬噸的當量

來源：
Middle English yielden
中古英文 yielden
from Old English geldan [to pay]
源自 古英文 geldan [償付]

【引伸】
yield.er
n.（名詞）
<參考辭彙><同義詞>yield,relent,bow,defer,submit,capitulate,succumbThese verbs all mean to give in to what one can no longer oppose or resist.
這些動詞都表示讓步於不能再反對或抵抗的人或事。
Yield has the widest application:
Yield 的套用最為廣泛：
例句：
yield to an enemy;
對敵投降；

例句：
wouldn`t yield to reason;
不屈服於理由；

例句：
yielded to desire.
屈服於欲望。

例句：
.The child . . . soon yielded to the drowsiness. (Charles Dickens).Torelent is to moderate the harshness or severity of an attitude or decision with respect to another over whom one has authority or influence:
.這孩子…一會兒就支持不住昏昏欲睡了. （查爾斯·狄更斯）。relent 是指出於對處於自己權威和影響下的人的尊重而緩解某一制度或決定的苛刻或嚴格：

例句：
.The captain at last relented, and told him that he might make himself at home. (Herman Melville).
.最後，船長緩和下來，告訴他隨便些. （荷曼·麥爾維爾）。

Bow suggests giving way in defeat or through courtesy:
Bow 表示因失敗或通過禮貌而讓步：
例句：
.Bow and accept the end/Of a love. (Robert Frost).Todefer is to yield out of respect or in recognition of another`s authority, knowledge, or judgment:
.屈服並接受愛情的結局. （羅伯特·弗羅斯特）。defer 是指出於尊重或對他人權威、才學或判斷的認可而讓步：

例句：
.Philip . . . had the good sense to defer to the long experience and the wisdom of his father. (William Hickling Prescott).
.菲利浦…很明智地在他父親的豐富經驗和智慧面前作出了讓步. （威廉姆·希克林·普萊斯哥特）。

Submit implies giving way out of necessity, as after futile or unsuccessful resistance.
Submit 表示經過無用或不成功的抵抗之後，出於被迫而放棄：
例句：
.What must the King do nowôMust he submitô. (Shakespeare).
.現在國王必須做什麼ô他必須投降嗎ô. （莎士比亞）。

Capitulate implies surrender to pressure, force, compulsion, or inevitability:
Capitulate 表示屈服於壓力、強力、義務或不可避免性：
例句：
.I will be conquered;I will not capitulate [to illness] . (Samuel Johnson).
.我將被征服；我不會屈服.［於疾病］ . （塞繆爾·詹森）。

Succumb strongly suggests submission to something overpowering or overwhelming:
Succumb 強烈暗示屈服不可一世的或無法抵抗的事物：
例句：
.I didn`t succumb without a struggle to my uncle`s allurements. (H.G. Wells).See also Synonyms at produce ,relinquish
.我對叔叔的誘惑未作任何反抗便屈服了. (H.G.威爾斯）參見同義詞 produce,relinquish