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The author of at least 17 books over five decades, Johnson had argued that America's heavy military presence and operations worldwide would eventually lead to retaliation. His book "Blowback: The Cost and Consequences of American Empire," predated the Sept. 11 attacks by over a year.
"'Blowback' is shorthand for saying that a nation reaps what it sows, even if it does not fully know or understand what it has sown," he wrote in the book.




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blowback

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Pronunciation: /ˈbləʊbak /

NOUN

1A process in which gases expand or travel in a direction opposite to the usual one, especially through escape of pressure or delayed combustion.

2 chiefly US The unintended adverse results of a political action or situation:

this is the blowback from all those aggressive public health campaigns

blówbàck[blów・bàck]

名]

1 （気流の）逆流.

2 （銃の発砲時の）反動, 後座.

3 （マイクロフィルムなどの）拡大.

4 （秘密情報部員が外国で流し）本国に逆輸入された偽の情報.
5 ((主に米)) (政治行為の)予期せぬ不都合な結果.


胡適著名的句子有：「做了過河卒子，只能拼命向前」「要怎麼收穫，先怎麼栽」「有幾分證據，說幾分話」。

reap[reap]

• 発音記号[ríːp]

[動](他)

1 〈作物を〉刈る；〈畑などの〉作物を刈り取る；…を収穫する

reap a field
畑の作物を刈り取る

reap the wheat in the field
畑の小麦を刈り取る

reap a large harvest of wheat
大豊作の小麦を収穫する.

2 …を（努力・行為などの結果として）受ける, 獲得する

reap the fruits of one's efforts
努力の成果を得る

reap the rewards ［the benefits］
利益を得る

reap what one has sown
自分のしたことの報いを受ける.

━━(自)刈り取る, 収穫する, 報いを受ける, 利益を得る.
reap where one has not sown[reap where one has not sown]

他人の功を奪う〈《聖書》マタイ書25：24〉.
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