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- reap [riːp]
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1.
vb
to cut or harvest (a crop), esp corn, from (a field or tract of land)
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2.
vt.
[tr]
to gain or get (something) as a reward for or result of some action or enterprise
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3.
vt.
[Etymology]
Old English riopan; related to Norwegian ripa to scratch, Middle Low German repen to card, ripple (flax)
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1.
vb
to cut or harvest (a crop), esp corn, from (a field or tract of land)
Examples
- 获益匪浅
- reap no little benefit → 匪
- 取得丰硕的成果
- reap rich fruits; score great successes → 丰硕
- 割麦子
- cut (or reap) wheat → 割
- 获取暴利
- reap staggering (or colossal) profits → 获取
- 由种一季改为种两季
- reap two crops a year instead of one → 季
- 自食苦果
- eat one's own bitter fruit; swallow one's own bitter pill; reap what one has sown → 苦果
- 牟取暴利
- seek exorbitant profits; reap staggering (or colossal) profits → 牟取
- 春天播种，秋天收获
- sow in spring and reap in autumn → 收获
- 坐享其成
- sit idle and enjoy the fruits of others' work; reap where one has not sown → 成
- 渔利
- reap unfair gains; profit at others' expense → 渔
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