词汇 | yield |
释义 | yield /jild/ (过去式: yielded; 过去完成式: yielded; 现在进行式: yielding) v.t. Recompense, reward: used chiefly as an expression of gratitude or goodwill. 【古】回报;报偿(用以表示感激或善意)。 To give or render as fitting, rightfully owed, or required. 应当给予。 You should yield him obedience in lawful things. 是正当的事情你就该听他的。 To give up possession of on claim or demand. (在要求或命令之下)放弃所有权;被迫放弃。 He yielded his breath and died. 他停止呼吸而死。 The general refused to yield the fortress to the enemy. 将军坚守要塞,不肯向敌人投降。 It was a temptation to which he yielded himself. 那是使他沉迷不悟的诱惑。 To produce. 生产;出产。 The tree always yields good fruit. 这株树结的果实很好吃。 He buys a bond that yields 12 percent. 他买了利润为12%的公债。 The tax is expected to yield millions. 国家税收估计是一笔巨款。 To give up (as a hit or run) in baseball. 在棒球赛中安打或得分。 He yielded two runs in the third inning. 他在第三局得两分。 v.i. To be fruitful or productive. 出产;有收获;产得好。 The land yields poorly. 这土地产物贫乏。 To submit; give up and cease resistance. 投降。 They yielded to the enemy. 他们向敌人投降。 To give way to pressure or influence. 屈服。 To give way under physical force (as bending, stretching, or breaking). 在压力下弯曲、伸长或破裂。 To give place or precedence. 退让;输于。 To be inferior. 劣于。 Our beer yields to none. 我们的啤酒不输别家的。 To give way to or become succeeded by someone or something else. 为...取代。 The cold thin air of the mountains yielded to sweltering heat as they descended. 山上泠而稀薄的空气在他们下山时就被闷热的暑气所取代。 To relinquish the floor of a legislative assembly (as for a period of time or a question). 放弃议会的发言权(如发言时间或对某个问题)。 idoms yield to maturity 期末收益(到期债券持有人的总收入额,以成本的百分比表示)。 n. That which is yielded; product. 产品。 The amount or quantity produced or returned. 生产量。 The capacity of yielding produce. 生产力。 idoms yield(ing) point 【理】屈服点。 cf. Yield, submit, capitulate, succumb, relent, defer mean to give way to someone or something that one can no longer resist. Yield、submit、capitulate、succumb、relent、defer 都是指向无法抗拒的人或物让步。 Yield may apply to any sort or degree of giving way before force, argument, persuasion, or entreaty. Yield 指在外力、争论、说服、或恳求下某种或某程度的让步。 Submit suggests full surrendering after resistance or conflict to the will or control of another. Submit 指与另一人的意志或控制作抵抗或冲突之后的完全投降。 Capitulate stresses the fact of ending all resistance and may imply either a coming to terms (as with an adversary) or hopelessness in the face of an irresistible opposing force. Capitulate 强调的是一切抵抗都结束的这个事实,而且可能暗示或与敌人谈和,或在面临无法抵抗的反对力量时的绝望。 Succumb implies weakness and helplessness to the one that gives way or an overwhelming power to the opposing force. Succumb 暗示让步一方的软弱与无助或反对力量的令人无法抗拒。 Relent implies a yielding through pity or mercy by one who holds the upper hand. Relent 暗指因占上风的人动了恻隐之心而让步。 Defer implies a voluntary yielding or submitting out of respect or reverence for or deference and affection toward another. Defer 暗示自动让步或屈服,由于对另一人的敬爱。 derivatives n. yielder synonyms yield, submit, capitulate, succumb, relent, defer. |
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