| 单词 | yield |
| 释义 | yield (jiːld ) Word forms: yields , yielding , yielded 1. verb If you yield to someone or something, you stop resisting them. [formal] Will she yield to growing pressure for her to retire? [VERB + to] I yielded to an impulse. [VERB to noun] Men of courage faced down injustice and refused to yield. [VERB] 2. verb If you yield something that you have control of or responsibility for, you allow someone else to have control or responsibility for it. [formal] He may yield control. [VERB noun] The Director is now under pressure to yield power to the shareholders. [VERB noun to noun] Synonyms: relinquish, resign, hand over, surrender Yield up means the same as yield. He yielded up the prime ministership last summer. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] 3. verb If one thing yields to another thing, it is replaced by this other thing. [formal] Boston's traditional drab brick was slow to yield to the modern glass palaces of so many American urban areas. [VERB to noun] 4. verb If a moving person or a vehicle yields, they slow down or stop in order to allow other people or vehicles to pass in front of them. [US] When entering a trail or starting a descent, yield to other skiers. [VERB + to] ...examples of common signs like No Smoking or Yield. [VERB] 5. verb If something yields, it breaks or moves position because force or pressure has been put on it. The door yielded easily when he pushed it. [VERB] 6. verb 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. Last year 400,000 acres of land yielded a crop worth $1.75 billion. [VERB noun] Synonyms: produce, give, provide, pay Yield up means the same as yield. The shallow sea bed yields up an abundance of food. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] 7. countable noun A yield is the amount of food produced on an area of land or by a number of animals. ...improving the yield of the crop. Polluted water lessens crop yields. Synonyms: produce, crop, harvest, output 8. verb If a tax or investment yields an amount of money or profit, this money or profit is obtained from it. [business] It yielded a profit of at least $36 million. [VERB noun] 9. countable noun A yield is the amount of money or profit produced by an investment. [business] ...a yield of 4%. The high yields available on the dividend shares made them attractive to private investors. [+ on] ...the yield on a bank's investments. [+ on] Synonyms: profit, return, income, revenue 10. verb If something yields a result or piece of information, it produces it. This research has yielded a great number of positive results. [VERB noun] His trip to Melbourne had yielded a lot of information. [VERB noun] Phrasal verbs: yield up 1. phrasal verb If you yield up a secret, you reveal it. [formal] ...asking law firms to yield up their deepest secrets. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] 2. See also yield [sense 2], yield [sense 6] Collocations: gilt yield Ten-year gilt yields also edged up slightly. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Falling gilt yields have pushed fund liabilities higher. Times, Sunday Times (2016) UK ten-year gilt yields have now hit 1.45 per cent. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Hot and dry weather brought good yields and grain quality was above average. Times, Sunday Times (2019) New research shows smaller properties are producing the best yields. The Sun (2013) He said: ' Infrastructure provides good yields with a strong inflation link and predictable returns. Times, Sunday Times (2010) The gross yield on residential property is about 5.2 per cent. Times, Sunday Times (2011) The fund has a gross yield of 5.81 per cent. Times, Sunday Times (2006) The highest rate for a 90-day notice account at the end of April was 3.3 per cent, according to Defaqto, the financial research company, while the highest gross yield for global bonds was 7 per cent and 7.4 per cent for strategic bonds. Times, Sunday Times (2011) He has been amazed by the results of a higher milk yield and helping to reduce greenhouse gases. Times, Sunday Times (2008) He said that the main casualties were crops and vegetables and that there had been some loss in milk yield. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Farmers involved in the trial reported a 15 per cent higher milk yield. Times, Sunday Times (2008) The properties offer a net yield of 4.5% and the rents are linked to inflation. Times, Sunday Times (2010) The sale prices reflects a net initial yield of 5.1 per cent. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Factor in tax, and that's a net yield of 4.7 per cent. Times, Sunday Times (2015) The shares, off a penny at 292p, sell on eight times' earnings and offer a yield of 4.5 per cent. Times, Sunday Times Shares which offer a yield of 4.5 per cent times represent quality. Times, Sunday Times The shares' decline also means they offer a yield well in excess of 5 per cent. Times, Sunday Times Off 73p at 10.48, the shares sell on 16 times this year's earnings and offer a yield short of 3 per cent. Times, Sunday Times The shares, up 19p at 849½p, offer a yield of 3.7 per cent, roughly in line with the rest of the quoted companies. Times, Sunday Times By 6pm the trio had gone, fed up with the weather and the poor yield. Times, Sunday Times (2006) However, pensioners with these income drawdown plans have also seen their payouts plummet because of falling stock markets, rule changes and poor gilt yields. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Cons - Interest rates on bonds are close to all-time low levels, so investors are receiving poor yields. Times, Sunday Times (2014) He said the potential yield from the two crops was in excess of £30,000. The Sun A potential yield can fall sharply after costs, vacant periods and agency fees are included. Times, Sunday Times Government guidance states that councils are required to give priority to the security and liquidity of the investments before considering the potential yield they might return. Times, Sunday Times The potential yield on the deal was bumped up, to a target range of 11 to 12 per cent. Globe and Mail Each plant has a potential yield of 26to38kg lb per bunch. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They give a prospective yield of just 3.4 per cent. Times, Sunday Times (2006) With a prospective dividend yield of 6.2 per cent, they look like an opportunity. Times,Sunday Times (2019) The company's progressive dividend policy means that they are trading on a prospective dividend yield of 4.8 per cent for the current financial year. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Translations: Chinese: 屈服, 产量 Japanese: 生む 利益, 収穫高 |
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