yield 来自古英语 gieldan(给,偿还)→ 给出去。核心义项:① 产生,产出(yield results / profits = 产生结果/利润);② 让步,屈服(yield to pressure = 屈服于压力);③ 道路让行(yield to oncoming traffic = 给对面来车让行,美式交通用语);④ 名词:产量,收益(crop yield = 农作物产量)。关键:两个截然不同的方向——「给出产物」(产生)和「给出主动权」(让步)。区别:yield(让步,偏正式书面;或产生产出)vs. give in(让步,口语,屈服)vs. produce(产生,制造,强调「主动生产/创造」)vs. generate(产生,大量生成)。
释义
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v.产生,产出(成果、利润、信息)
Years of painstaking research finally yielded a breakthrough in the treatment of the disease.
多年的艰苦研究终于产生了治疗该疾病的突破。
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v.让步,屈服(yield to)
The government eventually yielded to mounting public pressure and agreed to launch an independent inquiry.
政府最终屈服于日益增加的公众压力,同意启动独立调查。
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n.产量,收益
Improved irrigation techniques have significantly increased the yield of crops in previously arid regions.
改进的灌溉技术显著提高了以前干旱地区的农作物产量。
语感
yield = 给出去——给出产物(产生),或给出主动权(让步)
产生产出让步屈服产量(名词)
最高频用法:yield results / profits / benefits(产生结果/利润/收益);yield to pressure / demands(屈服于压力/要求);名词 crop yield(农作物产量);yield a return(产生回报,金融语境)。辨析:yield to(让步,屈服,书面正式)vs. give in to(屈服,口语:give in to temptation = 屈服于诱惑)vs. surrender(投降,最彻底的让步,military surrender = 军事投降)。产出义:yield(产出,给出成果)vs. produce(生产,强调主动制造:produce goods = 生产商品)vs. generate(生成,大量产生:generate energy = 产生能量)。
陷阱
⚠️yield to(让步,介词 to)vs. yield + 宾语(产生)
The prolonged drought has significantly reduced this year's wheat yield, creating food security concerns across the region.
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yield(让步,屈服,动词义)
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wheat yield(小麦产量,名词义)——yield 在此作名词;上下文「干旱、小麦、减少」明显是产量语境,而非「让步」;区分 yield 的两个核心义项需靠语境:后接 to = 让步;单独作名词或跟产出物宾语 = 产出/产量
The long-term investment in research infrastructure has finally yielded significant academic and commercial breakthroughs.
对研究基础设施的长期投资终于产生了重大的学术和商业突破。
The solar farm is expected to generate enough electricity to power over fifty thousand homes.
该太阳能发电场预计将产生足够为五万余户家庭供电的电力。
写作加分
✨ 加分词
替换:producegiveresult in
科学研究议论文经济投资话题政策分析话题
普通
Investment in education can produce long-term economic benefits for society.
对教育的投资能为社会带来长期经济效益。
加分 ✨
Sustained investment in scientific research tends to yield innovations that generate economic growth, improve public health, and address complex societal challenges.
对科学研究的持续投资往往能产出推动经济增长、改善公共健康并应对复杂社会挑战的创新成果。
为什么更好:yield innovations 比 produce benefits 更书面,三个并列不定式展示创新产出的多维价值,论证框架完整
常用搭配
yield results / benefits / profits产生结果 / 收益 / 利润
yield to pressure / demands屈服于压力 / 要求
crop yield / annual yield农作物产量 / 年产量(名词)
yield a return / dividend产生回报 / 股息(金融)
high-yield / low-yield高产 / 低产(形容词复合词)
词根
yield = 给出去——给出产物(产生),给出主动权(让步),两个方向靠语境区分
考考你
Q1义项辨析
下面四个句子中,yield 的含义与其他三个最不同的是:
A
Negotiations yielded a compromise that both parties found acceptable.
谈判产生了双方都认为可接受的妥协方案。
B
The new farming techniques have dramatically increased crop yields in the region.
新农业技术大幅提高了该地区的农作物产量。
C
After months of resistance, the committee finally yielded to the shareholders' demands.
经过数月的抵制,委员会最终屈服于股东的要求。
D
The investment eventually yielded substantial returns for the original backers.
这项投资最终为最初的支持者带来了丰厚回报。
Q2近义选词
选择最恰当的词填空:
The new wind farm is projected to ___ approximately 500 megawatts of clean energy annually, enough to power a city of half a million people.
Long-term research investment in renewable energy technologies will eventually yield breakthrough innovations capable of drastically reducing carbon emissions.
关键搭配:yield breakthrough innovations
yield breakthrough innovations(产出突破性创新成果)是议论文科技投资话题的核心书面表达,capable of 分词修饰具体能力
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surrender近义投降(最彻底的让步,surrender to = 向…投降,比 yield to 程度更重)