reap

reap
verb
  1. [with obj.]cut or gather (a crop or harvest)
    收割（庄稼）
    large numbers of men were employed to reap the harvest.
    雇佣大批男劳力收割庄稼。
    in terms of science, the Apollo programme reaped a meagre harvest.
    从科学研究的角度而言，阿波罗计划收获甚微。
    ■harvest the crop from (a piece of land)
    收割（田地）里的庄稼
    ■(figurative)receive (a reward or benefit) as a consequence of one's own or other people's actions
    (喻)获得，收到，得到（报答，好处）
    the company is poised to reap the benefits of this investment.
    该公司做好准备收获这一投资的收益。
常用词组
reap the harvest (或 fruits) of
  1. suffer the results or consequences of
    遭受…的后果
    critics believe we are now reaping the harvest of our permissive ways.
    批评家们相信我们正在遭受因采取宽容放任的方法所带来的后果。
you reap what you sow
  1. (proverb)you eventually have to face up to the consequences of your actions
    (谚)自食其果
语源
  1. Old English ripan, reopan, of unknown origin
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