詞彙精選：yield的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
n.
產量；收穫量；收益 [C,U]
例句：
Wheat yields doubled last year.
去年小麥的產量翻了一番。
例句：
The current yield on municipal bonds is 10%.
當前市政債券的利潤是百分之十。
v.
出產，生產出（作物等） [T]
例句：
This orchard yields apples and pears.
這座果園出產蘋果和梨。
例句：
Mines yield ores.
礦山出礦石。
產生（效果、收益等）；帶來 [T]
例句：
Talks between the two sides yielded no results.
雙方的會談沒有結果。
例句：
It's an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits.
這是非常冒險但可以帶來巨大利潤的投資。
給予，讓與；同意 [T]
例句：
He yielded his consent to the project.
他同意了這個項目。
被迫讓出，放棄 [T]
例句：
However, neither country was prepared to yield their respective claims over the territory.
然而，兩個國家都不準備放棄各自對該領土的所有權。
例句：
Don't yield your purpose.
別放棄你的目標。
使屈服；使順從 [T]
例句：
Are you going to yield yourself prisoner?
你打算束手就擒嗎？
例句：
He didn' t yield himself to his rival.
他沒有向對手屈服。
出產；（投資等）生息 [I]
例句：
This farm yields well.
這個農場產量很高。
屈服；投降；順從 [I]
例句：
To strive, to seek, to find and not to yield.
要奮鬥，要探索，要有所發現，而不要屈服。
例句：
The enemy yielded.
敵人投降了。
失去優先地位；讓權；讓路 [I]
例句：
Vehicles yield to those with the right of way-particularly pedestrians.
車輛會讓路給有權先行者——尤其是行人。
例句：
You must yield to traffic from the left.
你必須讓左邊來的車輛先走。
（在力量或重壓下）垮掉；倒塌（to） [I]
二、詞義辨析：
crop,harvest,yield
這些名詞均含有“收成”之意。crop普通用詞，側重指農作物一次收割或一季的收成。harvest主要指農作物或水果的收穫量，有時也指收割的行爲。yield指生產物，農作物的總產量。
三、相關短語：
yield up
放棄,投降;出產,提供;發現,揭開
四、參考例句：
Mines yield ores.
礦山出礦石。
trap|yield|apply
They are often more comfortable and more durable than civilian clothes.
Don't yield your purpose.
別放棄你的目標。
At last they yield to our advice.
他們終於聽從了我們的勸告。
We'll never yield to external pressure.
我們決不向外界壓力屈服。
Crop yield correlates closely with annual rainfall.
農作物的收成與年降雨量有密切關係。
There's a yield sign over there.
那兒有個等讓標誌。
What does the yield curve look like?
收益曲線是怎樣的呢？
Are you going to yield yourself prisoner?
你打算束手就擒嗎？
We will never yield to force.
我們決不會向暴力屈服。
