1 [T] to produce or provide crops, profits or results 出产（作物）；提供（利润）；产生（效果）: How much wheat does each field yield? 每块地生产多少小麦？Did the experiment yield any new information? 这项实验提供了什么新数据吗？

2 [I] yield (to sb/sth)(formal 正式) to stop refusing to do sth or to obey sb 让步；屈服: The government refused to yield to the hostage takers' demands. 政府不肯对那些绑匪的要求作出让步。 ☞ Give in is less formal. give in多用于非正式场合。

3 [T] yield sb/sth (up) (to sb/sth) to allow sb to have control of sth that you were controlling 放弃，让与（权利等）: The army has yielded power to the rebels. 军队已把权力让予造反派。

4 [I] (formal 正式) to move, bend or break because of pressure （在压力下）移动，弯曲，折断: The dam finally yielded under the weight of the water. 堤坝受不住水的压力，终于崩塌了。 ☞ Give way is less formal. give way多用于非正式场合。

5 [I] (US 美) yield (to sb/sth) to allow other vehicles on a bigger road to go first 让路给（主干道上的车辆）: You have to yield to traffic from the left here. 在这儿要让路给左边来的车辆。 ☞ Give way is used in British English. 英国英语说give way。