crop, harvest, yield

submit, yield, surrender

名詞 yield:

1. production of a certain amount
   同義詞：output
2. an amount of a product
   同義詞：fruit
3. the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
   同義詞：return, issue, take, takings, proceeds, payoff
4. the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time)
   同義詞：output, production

動詞 yield:

1. be the cause or source of
   同義詞：give, afford
2. end resistance, as under pressure or force
   同義詞：give way
3. give or supply
   同義詞：render, return, give, generate
4. give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
   同義詞：concede, cede, grant
5. give in, as to influence or pressure
   同義詞：relent, soften
6. move in order to make room for someone for something
   同義詞：move over, give way, give, ease up
7. cause to happen or be responsible for
   同義詞：give
8. be willing to concede
   同義詞：concede, grant
9. be fatally overwhelmed
   同義詞：succumb
10. bring in
    同義詞：pay, bear
11. be flexible under stress of physical force
    同義詞：give
12. cease opposition; stop fighting
13. consent reluctantly
    同義詞：give in, succumb, knuckle under, buckle under

1. His business yields big profits.
   他的生意帶來巨大的利潤。
2. The soldiers had to yield.
   士兵們被迫投降。
3. These trees gave a high yield of fruit this year.
   這些果樹今年獲得了大豐收。

yield

v.（動詞）
yield.ed,yield.ing,yields
v.tr.（及物動詞）

To give forth by or as if by a natural process, especially by cultivation:
生產：通過或似乎通過自然生產過程產出，尤指通過耕作：
例句：
a field that yields many bushels of corn.
盛產玉米的農田

To furnish as return for effort or investment; be productive of:
獲利：作為對努力或投資的回報而給予；產生：
例句：
an investment that yields high percentages.
產生高額利潤的投資

To give over possession of, as in deference or defeat; surrender.
放棄，投降：因敬畏或失敗而放棄…的所有權；投降
To give up (an advantage, for example) to another; concede.
讓渡：把（如，優(yōu)勢）讓與他人；退讓
v.intr.（不及物動詞）

To give forth a natural product; be productive.
生產：產出自然作物；生產
To produce a return for effort or investment:
生利：因努力或投資產生收益：
例句：
bonds that yield well.
獲利很多的債券

To give up, as in defeat; surrender or submit.
讓與，屈服：因失敗而放棄；投降或屈服
To give way to pressure or force:
放棄，屈服：讓步于壓力或武力：
例句：
The door yielded to a gentle push.
輕輕一推門就開了

To give way to argument, persuasion, influence, or entreaty:
讓步：向爭論、勸說、影響或乞求讓步：
例句：
The child pleaded, but the parents wouldn`t yield.
孩子苦苦哀求，但父母不讓步

To give place, as to one that is superior:
退讓，退位：讓位于…，如對于上級：
例句：
She yields to no one in her condemnation of violence.
她即使因暴力而受非難，也不肯退位

n.（名詞）

An amount yielded or produced; a product.
生產量；生產物
A profit obtained from an investment; a return.
投資的收益：投資獲利；回報
The energy released by an explosion, especially by a nuclear explosion, expressed in units of weight of TNT required to produce an equivalent release:
當量：由爆炸，尤其是核爆炸所釋放出的能量，用產生相等釋放所需要三硝基甲苯重量單位來表示：
例句：
The atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima had a yield of 20 kilotons.
落在廣島的原子彈產生出二萬噸的當量

來源：
Middle English yielden
中古英語 yielden
from Old English geldan [to pay]
源自 古英語 geldan [償付]

【引伸】
yield.er
n.（名詞）
<參考詞匯><同義詞>yield,relent,bow,defer,submit,capitulate,succumbThese verbs all mean to give in to what one can no longer oppose or resist.
這些動詞都表示讓步于不能再反對或抵抗的人或事。
Yield has the widest application:
Yield 的應用最為廣泛：
例句：
yield to an enemy;
對敵投降；

例句：
wouldn`t yield to reason;
不屈服于理由；

例句：
yielded to desire.
屈服于欲望。

例句：
.The child . . . soon yielded to the drowsiness. (Charles Dickens).Torelent is to moderate the harshness or severity of an attitude or decision with respect to another over whom one has authority or influence:
.這孩子…一會兒就支持不住昏昏欲睡了. （查爾斯·狄更斯）。relent 是指出于對處于自己權威和影響下的人的尊重而緩解某一制度或決定的苛刻或嚴格：

例句：
.The captain at last relented, and told him that he might make himself at home. (Herman Melville).
.最后，船長緩和下來，告訴他隨便些. （荷曼·麥爾維爾）。

Bow suggests giving way in defeat or through courtesy:
Bow 表示因失敗或通過禮貌而讓步：
例句：
.Bow and accept the end/Of a love. (Robert Frost).Todefer is to yield out of respect or in recognition of another`s authority, knowledge, or judgment:
.屈服并接受愛情的結局. （羅伯特·弗羅斯特）。defer 是指出于尊重或對他人權威、才學或判斷的認可而讓步：

例句：
.Philip . . . had the good sense to defer to the long experience and the wisdom of his father. (William Hickling Prescott).
.菲利浦…很明智地在他父親的豐富經驗和智慧面前作出了讓步. （威廉姆·?？肆帧て杖R斯哥特）。

Submit implies giving way out of necessity, as after futile or unsuccessful resistance.
Submit 表示經過無用或不成功的抵抗之后，出于被迫而放棄：
例句：
.What must the King do nowôMust he submitô. (Shakespeare).
.現(xiàn)在國王必須做什么ô他必須投降嗎ô. （莎士比亞）。

Capitulate implies surrender to pressure, force, compulsion, or inevitability:
Capitulate 表示屈服于壓力、強力、義務或不可避免性：
例句：
.I will be conquered;I will not capitulate [to illness] . (Samuel Johnson).
.我將被征服；我不會屈服.［于疾?。?. （塞繆爾·約翰遜）。

Succumb strongly suggests submission to something overpowering or overwhelming:
Succumb 強烈暗示屈服不可一世的或無法抵抗的事物：
例句：
.I didn`t succumb without a struggle to my uncle`s allurements. (H.G. Wells).See also Synonyms at produce ,relinquish
.我對叔叔的誘惑未作任何反抗便屈服了. (H.G.威爾斯）參見同義詞 produce,relinquish