reaping
present participle ofreap
| 单词 | reaping |
| 释义 | reaping present participle ofreap reap verb[IorT] uk/riːp/us/riːp/tocutandcollectagraincrop Farming - general words
Idiomsreap the benefit, reward, etc. reap whatyouhave sown Examplesofreapingreaping In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The observations were made on canes in the fields at the time ofreapingas well as on samples taken at the mill carriers. From theCambridge English Corpus The shortage of shepherds meant that squatters either had to invest in fences, or missreapingthe benefits of the booming market. From theCambridge English Corpus Assuming average field size of 0.15 ha, up to 1000 farmers were interested inreapingthe benefits demonstrated in the research project. From theCambridge English Corpus Progress in the development of areapingmachine was slow. From theCambridge English Corpus But human beings can be psychologically motivated by altruism while stillreapinga genetic benefit from their altruistic actions. From theCambridge English Corpus Large farms by virtue of their larger gross irrigated area arereapinga larger proportion of the net returns, compared with marginal and small farms. From theCambridge English Corpus Like the adults in the study, they negotiated differences in temperament through their music making,reapingthe rewards of collective understanding. From theCambridge English Corpus Of course, if a writer has the opportunity ofreapingbountifully from her work, she is not expected to shy away from it. From theCambridge English Corpus Everyone is interested in selling high quality products andreapinghigher the profits. From theCambridge English Corpus This attention isreapingrewards. From theCambridge English Corpus Wheat harvesting involved two separate activities :reapingand the related task of threshing and winnowing. From theCambridge English Corpus Most of these papers are firmly anchored in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, but a few wander, with those considering the earlier centuries sometimes sowing rather thanreaping. From theCambridge English Corpus Governments of a country with a big displacement in international financial markets may act like a hegemon, imposing their national policies in waysreapingnational benefits and externalizing costs. From theCambridge English Corpus Olson, for instance, argues that special interest groups tend to influence state policy unduly,reapingparticularistic privileges that damage the overall economy. From theCambridge English Corpus In the model there are two agents, namely the group of local people poaching and a park agency 'owning' andreapingthe benefits of the wildlife. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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