托福每日一词：yield
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来源：新东方 《TOEFL终极4300》
yield
常考释义
1、n. 收益, 产量
an amount of something positive, such as food or profit, that is produced or supplied.
例：Crop yields have risen steadily.农作物产量稳步增长。
2. v. 出产 to supply or produce something positive such as a profit, an amount of food or information
例：Favorable weather yielded a good crop.
好天气带来了好收成。
3.v. 投降
to give up the control of or responsibility for something, often because you have been forced to
例：They were forced to yield (up) their land to the occupying forces.
他们被迫将领土割让给占领军。
音频中例句
1. And hopefully, further excavation of Catalhoyuk will yield more clues.
但愿进一步的catalhoyuk的挖掘可以产生更多的线索。
2. The hijackers refuse to yield to demands to release the passengers. (Longman Dictionary)
抢劫者拒绝向释放游客的要求投降。
练习
判断下列句子中yield的意思。
1. Most shallow aquifers in sand and gravel deposits produce lower yields, but they can be rapidly recharged.
2. Since the early 1940s, the state has had more deer than at any other time in its history, the winter population fluctuating around approximately 320,000 deer (mule and black-tailed deer), which will yield about 65,000 of either sex and any age annually for an indefinite period.
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拓展
近义词：
harvest：n. 农作物产量，收割(v.)
produce： v.生产
习惯用语：
current yield 当年产量
net yield 纯收益
练习答案
