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yieldIELTS重点词汇

英 [jiːld]

[NOUN, VERB]

词汇频率：

NOUN. 名词

yields
1. [C 可数名词] 产量
A yield is the amount of food produced on an area of land or by a number of animals.
近义词
harvest , produce
双语例句
例：
improving the yield of the crop.
增加此农作物的产量。
2. [C 可数名词] （投资的）利润 , 收益
A yield is the amount of money or profit produced by an investment.
双语例句
例：
a yield of 4.
4的收益。
例：
The high yields available on the dividend shares made them attractive to private investors.
红利股票的高收益率对私人投资者们极具吸引力。

VERB. 动词

yields , yielding , yielded
1. [I 不及物动词] 屈服
If you yield to someone or something, you stop resisting them.
近义词
give in
双语例句
例：
Carmen yielded to general pressure and grudgingly took the child to a specialist.
卡门迫于大家的压力，不得已带孩子去看了位专科大夫。
2. [T 及物动词] 放弃
If you yield something that you have control of or responsibility for, you allow someone else to have control of or responsibility for it.
近义词
surrender
双语例句
例：
He may yield control.
他可能会放弃控制权。
3. [I 不及物动词] （因受力或受压而）破碎 , 断裂 , 移位
If something yields, it breaks or moves position because force or pressure has been put on it.
双语例句
例：
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。
4. [T 及物动词] 出产
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.
近义词
produce
双语例句
例：
Last year 400,000 acres of land yielded a crop worth $1.75 billion.
去年40万英亩的土地产值达17.5亿美元。
例：
The disappointing harvest yielded only 4.5 million tonnes of sugar.
收成仅为450万吨糖，实在令人失望。
5. [T 及物动词] 产生（收益）
If a tax or investment yields an amount of money or profit, this money or profit is obtained from it.
双语例句
例：
It yielded a profit of at least $36 million.
它带来了至少3600万美元的利润。
6. [T 及物动词] 产生（结果） , 制造（消息）
If something yields a result or piece of information, it produces it.
近义词
produce , generate , allow
双语例句
例：
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。
例：
Diagnostics could also yield scientific insights leading to new drugs.
诊断也可以得出科学的见解，从而研发出新的药物。