yield

生み出す、もたらす

食べ物、利益、役立つ情報などを生み出したりもたらしたりする。

やさしい英語で： To produce something, such as food, money, or useful information.

• The trees yield plenty of fruit.
• Our search yielded useful information.
• Will this investment yield a profit?

類義語： produce, provide

よく使う表現： yield results, yield a profit, yield useful information

屈する、譲る

抵抗をやめる、または相手の要求するものを渡す。

やさしい英語で： To stop resisting or give someone what they ask for.

• He refused to yield.
• The council yielded to public pressure.
• Will she yield control to someone else?

使い方： yield to someone/something (The minister refused to yield to pressure.); yield something to someone (She yielded control to her assistant.)

類義語： give in, surrender

反対語： resist

よく使う表現： yield to pressure, yield control, yield something

道を譲る

他の人や車を先に通す。

やさしい英語で： To let another person or vehicle go first.

• You must yield at this crossing.
• The driver yielded to a cyclist.
• Do buses have to yield here?

使い方： yield to someone/something (Drivers must yield to pedestrians here.)

類義語： give way

よく使う表現： yield to pedestrians, yield to traffic

たわむ、屈する

押す力に耐えられず、曲がったり動いたり壊れたりする。

やさしい英語で： To bend, move, or break because something pushes against it.

• The door would not yield.
• The thin metal yielded under his weight.
• Soft ground yields when you step on it.

使い方： yield to something (The door finally yielded to his weight.); yield under something (The metal yielded under pressure.)

類義語： give, give way

反対語： withstand

よく使う表現： yield under pressure, yield to force

収穫量、収量

農場や土地から得られる作物などの量。

やさしい英語で： The amount of food or other products that a farm or area of land produces.

• The farm had a good yield.
• Dry weather reduced wheat yields this year.
• How can we increase the milk yield?

類義語： output, production

よく使う表現： crop yield, milk yield, high yield