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reap (obj)ri:pvto cut and collect by hand (crops such as wheat) using a tool with a curved blade or, more generally, to obtain or receive (something) as a result of your own actions收割(庄稼)，收获The villagers were out in the fields all day, reaping (the corn). [I/T]村民们整天在地里收割(玉米)。We sold them most of their modern weapons and now we are reaping the bitter harvest. [T]我们向他们出售了大部分他们的现代化武器，现在我们在自食苦果了。Lawyers are reaping a rich harvest from the current trend for suing the minute something goes wrong. [T]律师们正从一发生纠葛就诉讼的时尚中大获其利。She studied every evening and reaped the benefit at exam time. [T]她每晚学习，考试时从中获益。In retirement he reaped the rewards of his earlier investments. [T]退休后他从早年的投资中得到回报。To reap what you have sown is to benefit or lose as a result of something you did in the past.种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆;善有善报，恶有恶报"They have sown the wind and they shall reap the whirlwind (= any bad thing that you do, no matter how small, might lead to something very dangerous)" (Bible, Hosea 8.7)“他们所种的是风，所收的是暴风”(《圣经·何西阿书》)
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