These companies, which long reaped big profits as textbook publishers, have boasted that their new online offerings, when pushed to students through universities they partner with, represent the future of the industry.
2018年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
VERB
获得；收获；得到；取得
If you reap the benefits or the rewards of something, you enjoy the good things that happen as a result of it.