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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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reap /riːp/ ●○○ verb  1 GET[transitive] to get something, especially something good, as a result of what you have done 获得,取得〔成果〕reap the benefit/reward/profit (of something) Those who do take risks often reap the rewards. 那些真去冒险的人往往会得到回报。2. you reap what you sow used to say that if you do bad things, bad things will happen to you, and if you do good things, good things will happen to you 自食其果;种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆3. [intransitive, transitive]TA old-fashioned to cut and collect a crop of grain 收割〔庄稼〕;收获 harvestreaper noun [countable] Grim Reaper, the
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reapBut it was Margaret Thatcher who reaped all the benefits.Note that this is only half the apparent pay advantage the average woman would reap from being paid like a man.The plan is provocative, but it is not reaping fulfilling results this week.Several predicted that they will be reap higher yields and profits while saving their soil.Siemens also has used the lessons learned in its apprenticeship programs to reap much broader cost savings.The team reaps only ridicule or, on a good day, apathy.Men and women and children with lives of their own would be waking to reap their own dear sorrows.On the contrary, even before the war ended, the property-owners began to reap their reward.reap the benefit/reward/profit (of something)Telecanvassing is now up and running very efficiently in Salisbury and will continue to flourish and we will soon reap the rewards.Let's reap the benefits of a service that is at least 30% better.I was quite happy to reap the benefits of being a fully fledged malai killer.Writers, too, often reap the benefits of creative collaboration.Gainsharing signaled a new way of reaping the rewards of performance.All this has happened in the country that was first to reap the benefits of radical reform.But women aren't the only ones to reap the rewards of such praise.The only way to reap the rewards of that is to do well in the playoffs.
Origin reap Old English reopan
reap verbChinese
result Corpus a good, of as something especially get to something,


reap
reap /riːp/ verb
 Language: Old English
 Origin: reopan
1. [transitive] to get something, especially something good, as a result of what you have done
    reap the benefit/reward/profit (of something)
    Those who do take risks often reap the rewards.
2. you reap what you sow used to say that if you do bad things, bad things will happen to you, and if you do good things, good things will happen to you
3. [intransitive and transitive] old-fashioned to cut and collect a crop of grain ⇨ harvest
—reaper noun [countable]
Grim Reaper


reapBrE /riːp/ 🔊NAmE /riːp/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they reap BrE /riːp/ 🔊 NAmE /riːp/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it reaps BrE /riːps/ 🔊 NAmE /riːps/ 🔊past simple reaped BrE /riːpt/ 🔊 NAmE /riːpt/ 🔊past participle reaped BrE /riːpt/ 🔊 NAmE /riːpt/ 🔊 -ing form reaping BrE /ˈriːpɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈriːpɪŋ/ 🔊 [transitive] ~ sth to obtain sth, especially sth good, as a direct result of sth that you have done 取得(成果);收获They are now reaping the rewards of all their hard work. 现在,他们的全部辛劳都得到了回报。🔊🔊 [intransitive, transitive] ~ (sth) to cut and collect a crop, especially wheat, from a field 收割(庄稼);收获 SYN harvest reap a/the ˈharvest(BrE) to benefit or suffer as a direct result of sth that you have done 享受成果;承担后果;种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆you ˌreap what you ˈsow(saying) you have to deal with the bad effects or results of sth that you originally started 种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆