(1) ①produce用作名词指“产品”，尤其是农产品，是集合名词，不可数。
- The farmers brought their produce to town early each Saturday morning.
农民们每个星期六一早就把他们的农产品带到城里来。 - Vegetables are a garden's produce .
蔬菜是产自菜园的。 - These cattlemen live entirely off the produce of their herds.
这些牧民完全靠自己的畜产品生活。
②produce有时也指“工业产品”。
- The wine bottle was marked produce of France.
这葡萄酒瓶上标着法国产品的字样。 - Much produce of the factory sells very well.
这家工厂的许多产品都卖得很好。
(2) ①product意思是“产品”，一般指“工业品”。
- We must make a great effort to find new markets for our products .
我们必须努力为我们的产品寻找新市场。
②product也可指脑力劳动的产物或成果，也可指其他的产物。
- The plan was the product of many days of careful thought and hard labor.
这项计划是许多天的精心思考和艰苦劳动的结晶。 - He saw man as the product of evolution.
他把人类看作进化的产物。
③product有时也指“物产”。
- Its principal products are cattle, tobacco, soy bean, wheat and fruits.
其主要物产是牛、烟草、大豆、小麦和水果。
(3) ①production意思是“生产(活动)”。
- More than 500 men are employed in the production of coal.
有500多人受雇于煤的生产中。 - We must think out a plan for improving the rate of production .
我们必须想出一个计划来提高生产率。
②production也可指“产量”(不可数)。
- During the crisis years the production of coal declined 41%.
在危机期间，煤的产量减少了41％。
③production又可指“作品，演出(的剧)”。
- This book on the history of that country is the writer's latest production .
这部关于那个国家历史的书是这位作家最近的作品。 - Several new productions will appear at this theatre next month.
下个月这家剧场将上演几个新剧目。
(4) yield是指“生产量，生产率；收益，获益”。
- We had an exceptionally good yield of wheat this year.
今年我们小麦获得了异乎寻常的好收成。 - The yield from this gold mine is very large.
这家金矿的产量很高。 - The cow gives a high yield of milk.
这头奶牛产奶量很高。 - The yields on his shares increased last year.
他的股票收益去年增加了。
(5) output也表示“产量”，如：the output of a silver-mine, the literary output of the year。
- They are trying hard to double their output of cars this year.
他们在努力使今年的汽车产量翻番。 - The value of the industrial output increased from 50 billion dollars of last year to slightly less than 60 billion of this year.
工业产值从去年的500亿美元增加到今年的近600亿美元。
