英语词汇“yield”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

verb | noun

yieldyield1 /yild/ ●●○ W3 verb

ETYMOLOGYyield¹

Origin: Old English gieldan

VERB TABLE

yield

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	yield
	he, she, it	yields
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	yielded
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have yielded
	he, she, it	has yielded
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had yielded
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will yield
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have yielded

Continuous Form
Present	I	am yielding
	he, she, it	is yielding
	you, we, they	are yielding
Past	I, he, she, it	was yielding
	you, we, they	were yielding
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been yielding
	he, she, it	has been yielding
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been yielding
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be yielding
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been yielding

COLLOCATIONS► high-yielding/low-yielding

(=producing a large or small amount of something such as crops)

► yield to pressure/emotion/temptation etc.

Further action may be necessary if the leaders do not yield to diplomatic pressure.

THESAURUSstop fighting► surrender

to say officially that you want to stop fighting because you realize that you cannot win: All three gunmen had surrendered by the end of the day.

► give in

to accept that you have lost a fight, game, etc.: Neither side was willing to give in.

► admit/accept defeat

to accept that you have not won something: In July 1905, Russia admitted defeat in its war with Japan.

► concede

formal to admit that you are not going to win a game, argument, battle, etc.: Davis conceded defeat in the election.

► yield

formal to allow yourself to be forced or persuaded to do something: The government will never yield to terrorism.

► submit

formal to agree to obey someone who is stronger or has authority over you: He refused to submit to the king and was thrown in prison.

1RESULT [transitive] to produce a result, answer, or a piece of information: A search of Mann’s home yielded a pair of bloody gloves.2CROPS/PROFITS [transitive] to produce crops, profits, etc.: Each of these fields could yield billions of barrels of oil. Government securities have traditionally yielded less than stocks.high-yielding/low-yielding (=producing a large or small amount of something such as crops)3AGREE UNWILLINGLY [intransitive, transitive] to allow yourself to be forced or persuaded to do something or stop having something: The military has promised to yield power after legislators draw up a new constitution.yield to Wilson refused to yield to requests to raise salaries.yield to pressure/emotion/temptation etc. Further action may be necessary if the leaders do not yield to diplomatic pressure.► see thesaurus at surrender14TRAFFIC [intransitive] to allow other cars, people, etc. to go first: yield to Yield to traffic on the right.5MOVE/BEND/BREAK [intransitive] to move, bend, or break because of physical force or pressure: Ideally, the surface should yield slightly under pressure.6CHANGE [intransitive] if one thing yields to another thing, it is replaced by the new thing: yield to Laughter quickly yielded to amazement as the show went on.[Origin: Old English gieldan]yield something ↔ up phrasal verb literary to show or give someone something that has been hidden for a long time or is very difficult to obtain: Darden’s detective work yielded up some surprising discoveries.