yield是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为vt. /vi. 生产; 生长; 让步; 投降; 屈服; n. 产量，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《格兰特船长的女儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- But whether Paganel could not or would not see it then, two hours later he was forced to yield to ocular evidence or own himself blind.
-- "Take my advice, then, and yield to chance, or rather providence.
-- I think that Lord Glenarvan, our natural leader; the Major, who would not yield his place to anybody; and your humble servant, Jacques Paganel."
-- John Mangles was grieved to the heart, though he, too, was beginning to yield to the feeling of hopelessness which had crept over the rest, when suddenly the whole party were electrified by hearing a voice exclaim: "My Lord, praise and thank God!if Captain Grant is alive, he is on this Australian continent."
-- If they took it into their heads to stop, it was a matter of necessity to yield to their good pleasure, for not a single animal would move a step till these leaders gave the signal to set off.
在荷马的《伊利亚特》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Many a brave soul did it send hurrying down to Hades, and many a hero did it yield a prey to dogs and vultures, for so were the counsels of Jove fulfilled from the day on which the son of Atreus, king of men, and great Achilles, first fell out with one another.
-- You shall yield glory to myself, and your soul to Hades of the noble steeds.'
-- My good friend, if, when we were once out of this fight, we could es-cape old age and death thenceforward and forever, I should neither press forward myself nor bid you do so, but death in ten thousand shapes hangs ever over our heads, and no man can elude him; therefore let us go forward and either win glory for ourselves, or yield it to another.'
-- Great Ajax son of Telamon will yield to no man who is in mortal mould and eats the grain of Ceres, if bronze and great stones can overthrow him.
-- He would not yield even to Achilles in hand-to-hand fight, and in fleetness of foot there is none to beat him; let us turn therefore towards the left wing, that we may know forthwith whether we are to give glory to some other, or he to us.'
在詹姆斯·费尼莫尔·库柏的《最后的摩根战士》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- For several miles in this direction, the moun-tains appeared reluctant to yield their dominion, but within reach of the eye they diverged, and finally melted into the level and sandy lands, across which we have accompanied our adventurers in their double journey.
-- Aware of the necessity of preserving the dignity of his imaginary character, however, he repressed his feelings, and answered with suitable mystery: 'Spirits differ; some yield to the power of wisdom, while others are too strong.'
在威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆的《月亮和六便士》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- They remember that they too trod down a sated generation, with just such clamor and with just such scorn, and they foresee that these brave torch-bearers will presently yield their place also.
-- You cannot praise him because he resisted the temptation to make any of those compromises with the world which most of us yield to.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《神秘岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- They consisted principally of casuarinas and eucalypti, some of which next year would yield a sweet manna, similar to the manna of the East.
-- This work had lasted two hours, and they began to fear that at this spot the wall would not yield to the pickaxe, when at a last blow given by Gideon Spilett, the instrument, passing through the rock, fell outside.
在赫尔曼·梅尔维尔的《白鲸》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- How many barrels will thy vengeance yield thee even if thou gettest it, Captain Ahab?
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《雾都孤儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Having listened at the keyhole, to assure himself that nobody was approaching the chamber, Mr. Bumble, beginning at the bottom, proceeded to make himself acquainted with the contents of the three long drawers: which, being filled with various garments of good fashion and texture, carefully preserved between two layers of old newspapers, speckled with dried lavender: seemed to yield him exceeding satisfaction.
在简·奥斯汀的《傲慢与偏见》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'To yield readily easily to the PERSUASION of a friend is no merit with you.'
-- 'To yield without conviction is no compliment to the un-derstanding of either.'
-- A regard for the re-quester would often make one readily yield to a request, without waiting for arguments to reason one into it.
在丹尼尔·笛福的《鲁滨逊漂流记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'Who must we yield to?
-- 'Here they are,' says he; 'here's our captain and fifty men with him, have been hunting you these two hours; the boatswain is killed; Will Fry is wounded, and I am a prisoner; and if you do not yield you are all lost.'
在西奥多·德莱塞的《嘉莉妹妹》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The offer was genuine enough, but it was a question with Hurstwood whether a third interest in that locality could be made to yield one hundred and fifty dollars a month, which he figured he must have in order to meet the ordinary family expenses and be comfortable.
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