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 reap [rip]   添加此单词到默认生词本
vt. 收割, 收获, 获得

vi. 收割, 得到报应




    reap


    Reap \Reap\ (r[=e]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reaped} (r[=e]pt); p.
    pr. & vb. n. {Reaping}.] [OE. repen, AS. r[=i]pan to seize,
    reap; cf. D. rapen to glean, reap, G. raufen to pluck, Goth.
    raupjan, or E. ripe.]
    1. To cut with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine, as
    grain; to gather, as a harvest, by cutting.

    When ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt
    not wholly reap the corners of thy field. --Lev.
    xix. 9.

    2. To gather; to obtain; to receive as a reward or harvest,
    or as the fruit of labor or of works; -- in a good or a
    bad sense; as, to reap a benefit from exertions.

    Why do I humble thus myself, and, suing
    For peace, reap nothing but repulse and hate?
    --Milton.

    3. To clear of a crop by reaping; as, to reap a field.

    4. To deprive of the beard; to shave. [R.] --Shak.

    {Reaping hook}, an implement having a hook-shaped blade, used
    in reaping; a sickle; -- in a specific sense,
    distinguished from a sickle by a blade keen instead of
    serrated.


    Reap \Reap\, v. i.
    To perform the act or operation of reaping; to gather a
    harvest.

    They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. --Ps. cxxvi.
    5.


    Reap \Reap\, n. [Cf. AS. r[=i]p harvest. See {Reap}, v.]
    A bundle of grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper
    as it is cut. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Wright.

    1. We would like to do more, but it would be wrong to rely on government funding alone. The industry, which stands to reap the direct financial benefits, must also play an active role.
    2. The petroleum industry as a whole did not reap a third-quarter windfall from the Persian Gulf crisis, a leading trade group said in a defense of Big Oil against charges of profiteering.
    3. Seeing itself as a copier company, however, Xerox did not reap the benefit of the ideas embodied in the prototype 'Star workstation'.
    4. But Mr. Tsongas may not be in a position to reap the benefit of these opportunities.
    5. Although a sale this fall would probably reap Holiday's executives more than $350 million between them, some analysts say management may opt to shoot for an even bigger payoff later.
    6. The engineers who designed a temporary span on the Mianus River bridge on Interstate 95 are suddenly in demand, as are hundreds of structural engineers around the country who could reap a windfall from the San Francisco earthquake.
    7. The secret is to take what comes, accepting that what you reap from a household garden is rarely what you sow.
    8. The Social Democrats still want to be in a position to reap a political windfall, however, if Kohl's economic merger plans produce severely negative effects.
    9. He is positioned to reap broad conservative support with Buchanan and Sen. Armstrong out of the 1988 race.
    10. The U.S. needs to reap the benefit of this type of response before it tries to go on the PPP diet.
    11. There are only about three dozen hardcore firefighters, and they all stand to reap a Texas-sized windfall here in Ahmadi, a modest oil camp 30 miles south of Kuwait City.
    12. Still to be seen is what sort of profits KKR will reap from its investment.
    13. Japanese can afford to pay more because they are guaranteed to reap far greater yields in the United States than at home.
    14. The belt-tightening came in time for the industry to reap earnings benefits from ad spending growth expected due to the elections and the Olympic Games.
    15. Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc. projects Windows and related products will reap nearly $500 million in revenues for Microsoft in the fiscal year that starts July 1.
    16. Press reports have suggested the sale could reap between Dollars 200m and Dollars 400m. Furniture group MFI, 4 1/2 higher at 137p, responded to a strong recommendation and upgrade from Morgan Stanley.
    17. The movement was expected to reap political benefits from the pope's visit, and Carnogursky even performed a reading during the Mass.
    18. In turn, plaintiffs lawyers could reap a smaller percentage of individual settlements and quit filing claims for people not injured by asbestos.
    19. Since then, the level of trading has fluctuated, making it difficult for brokers and market-makers to reap sustained profits.
    20. If he succeeds, PepsiCo would reap extra trade credits that it could use to speed construction of Pizza Hut restaurants, which it plans in collaboration with a Soviet joint-venture partner.
    21. Pennzoil said it will reap over $2.6 billion before taxes from its Texaco settlement, putting it "in a strong position" for "major acquisitions."
    22. The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that Boeing could reap a windfall for its role in trying to help Allegis avoid a hostile takeover.
    23. Gorbachev will reap a big political profit at a very modest military cost," said one West European diplomat.
    24. Caribbean countries reap the benefit of greater employment, but the country of origin reaps the benefit of enlarged sales arising from the greater competitiveness of the goods that are finished and returned with cheaper labor costs.
    25. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. reported fiscal second-quarter profit more than doubled, indicating the company's streamlining program has begun to reap some benefits.
    26. "Portfolio managers of funds continued to shorten the average maturities, to reap the benefits of these rising rates."
    27. Although he profited immensely from his work, Addams said he did not reap large direct benefits from the television show.
    28. Because the Shandling show will break even on just its Showtime run, the producers could reap huge profits on reruns.
    29. The public foundation and church school that hold shares in Wyatt, however, would not reap such tax benefits and would be better off with the higher price from Furr's, Mr. Levenson said.
    30. They're accused of conspiring to reap profits from an estimated $500 million in loans, primarily for condo developments along Interstate 30 in the Dallas suburb of Garland.
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