| 单词 | yield |
| 释义 | yield I. transitive verb 1. archaic < tend me tonight two hours … and the gods yield you for't — Shakespeare > 2. < yield him obedience in lawful things — G.P.R.James > 3. archaic < he yielded to this suggestion a ready and rapturous assent — Charles Dickens > 4. a. archaic < our soul cannot but yield you forth to public thanks — Shakespeare > b. < the king yielded the citizens the right of justice — J.R.Green > < refused to yield passage > 5. a. < yielded up the ghost and was gathered unto his people — Gen 49:33 (Authorized Version) > b. < refused to yield the fortress to the enemy > — sometimes used with up < the Indians agreed … to yield up their British flags — Grace L. Nute > c. < each Babylonian woman was in duty bound … to yield herself to a stranger — H.M.Parshley > < emotions do not yield themselves readily to a verbal pin — Ernest & Pearl Beaglehole > d. < a temptation to which he yielded himself — H.O.Taylor > < she yielded herself up … to the rhythm of a waltz — Victoria Sackville-West > e. (1) < yield precedence > < traffic required to yield right of way > < yielded the premiership to his rival > (2) < yield the floor to the senator from Nebraska > f. < yield sovereignty to an international organization > < yielded her heart to another > 6. a. obsolete < I yield it just … and submit — John Milton > b. (1) < yielded the point > < unwilling to yield the argument > (2) archaic < yielded to ask for mercy — Jane West > c. obsolete < hard … to yield they have done amiss — Nicholas Rowe > 7. a. < clover seed … yields from 6 to 10 bushels on the cutover lands — American Guide Series: Minnesota > b. < their soil yields treasures of every kind — H.T.Buckle > c. < this prediction is susceptible of a test which yields a yes or no answer — J.B.Conant > d. < words, under the analyses now indicated, yield the history of their origin — Edward Clodd > — often used with up < caves … which have not yet yielded up their secrets to the eyes of man — Bill Beatty > 8. < air-swept lindens yield their scent — Matthew Arnold > 9. a. < cotton can be treated to yield a series of products — Industrial & Engineering Chemistry > < several makes of engine yield considerably more power — Grenville Manton > < the language too condensed to yield quotable lines — J.D.Hart > b. < the election yielded only one surprise > c. (1) < an investment that now yields him 6 percent > < first steam whaler afloat … yielded $151,000 net — American Guide Series: Connecticut > < it will prosper and yield a fair return on the … investment — Leo Wolman > (2) < a levy … was proposed in order to yield £4 million — Alzada Comstock > d. obsolete 10. < yielded a triple to left > intransitive verb 1. < the impoverished soil would not yield without application of fertilizers — American Guide Series: Maryland > < the apple trees did not yield well this year > 2. a. < the enemy suddenly yielded — M.R.Cohen > b. < after several hours of debate, the opposition yielded > c. < short words which nowhere yield to analysis — Edward Sapir > < whole passages yield neatly when translated by shorthand — Fletcher Pratt > d. < yielded to the secondary role for which his talent equipped him — Van Wyck Brooks > 3. < if you yield to that impulse — T.B.Costain > < yield to the urgent invitation — D.S.Muzzey > < refused to yield to their demands > < yields to her seducer with hardly a struggle — T.S.Eliot > 4. a. < the dirt road was so soft it yielded to the foot like a feather bed — American Guide Series: New York City > < nylon does not yield to stretch as readily as rubber yarns — W.E.Shinn > b. < ores that yield readily to reduction processes — American Guide Series: Washington > < the door suddenly yielded to her hand — Jane Austen > c. < refused to yield a particle from his resolution > 5. a. < I yield to no one in my respect for his creative program — R.N.Denney > < the way of life of these peoples must yield to the culture of the white man — Current Biography > < the acts of New York must yield to the law of Congress — John Marshall > b. < their mutton yields to ours but their beef is excellent — Jonathan Swift > c. < pavements … yielded to dirt roads — Giorgio de Santillana > < the cold thin air of the mountains yielded to sweltering heat as they descended — Bernard De Voto > < hard conditions of life … yielded to more propitious circumstances — Van Wyck Brooks > 6. < yield to the senator from Connecticut > Synonyms: < after some further argument I yielded the point — W.H.Hudson †1922 > < went into the Peace Conference willing to yield everything to English interests — H.L.Mencken > < not a man to yield weakly — Havelock Ellis > submit more strongly indicates giving up after conflict, contention, or resistance to the will, control, or disposition of another < not only has faith in divine Providence but submits to it humbly — Herbert Agar > < must submit ourselves to the will of God — Mary Austin > < tamely submitted to the rebuffs — A.T.Quiller-Couch > capitulate centers attention on a definite act of surrendering or giving up to a stronger force or power < how easily we capitulate to badges and names, to large societies and dead institutions — R.W.Emerson > < the universities would capitulate to a young, vigorous and revolutionary creed, in tune with the Zeitgeist — Walter Moberly > succumb is likely to indicate utter yielding through weakness or exhaustion < succumbing before the barbarian invasions — H.O.Taylor > < presidents who have attempted independent action have soon succumbed to the power of the government — Ernest Barker > bow may be used in reference to situations in which a party that has not been vanquished gives in or yields for politic or courteous reasons < their habit of bowing to public opinion — Bertrand Russell > < bowed to political expediency and requested Blair's resignation — W.E.Smith > < soon learned to bow before his wife's more stormy moods — Samuel Butler †1902 > defer strongly connotes yielding brought about by respect for another or for his position or authority < everybody must defer … a nation must wait upon her decision, a dean and chapter truckle to her wishes — Victoria Sackville-West > < the banker who was a free man, who ran his own bank in his own way, deferring only slightly to the nonsense of the federal bank inspectors — W.A.White > relent is used in situations in which a dominant party abates his rigor or mollifies his wrath because of entreaty, consideration, or resurgence of easier nature < might have relented and repented having wrung a promise from her — Margaret Deland > Synonym: see in addition bear, relinquish. II. 1. a. (1) < a goodly yield of fruit — Francis Bacon > < an increased yield per acre > < yields average over twenty pounds of fruit per plant — Irish Independent > (2) (3) b. < the yield of a well in barrels of oil > < fishermen … are finding that the yield per hour of trawling is dropping — Irish Digest > c. d. < the yield on a bond > < a 45 yield > e. f. 2. a. < a fruit belt owes its abundant yield to climatic conditions — American Guide Series: Michigan > b. < a material with high yield > |
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