Companies only pay out a fraction of their earnings as dividends, so the earnings yield was then much higher than the government-bond yield.

公司仅付出盈利的一部分作为股息，盈利收益当然远高于国债收益率。

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Wood conversion and extract yield increased and gas yield decreased with the increasing of pressure and the molar fraction of water in ethanol water mixture.

提高压力或增加混合溶剂中水的摩尔分数均能使木材转化率和萃取物产率增加，气体产率降低。

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The quality fraction of total saponins was increased with the yield decreased.

另外，随着回收率的下降，总皂甙的质量分数呈上升趋势。

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It might yield big benefits for commercial airlines and retail chains, which typically lease a large fraction of their assets, and for steel- and automakers that have large unionized workforces, which will give them greater leverage to renegotiate collective bargaining agreements.

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The dividend yield on the index (dividends divided by the stock price) is just 2.1% a fraction of historic averages, and barely enough to keep pace with current, subdued inflation.

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