the harvesting of sth
用于说明收割或采集的具体对象，常见于书面语。
The harvesting of wheat begins in late summer.
小麦的收割在夏末开始。
收割；收获
采集；收集；成熟作物的收割；收获。；任何资源的收集。
成熟作物的收割；收获。
The gathering of a mature crop; a harvest.
任何资源的收集。
The gathering of any resource.
The harvesting of wheat begins in early summer.
小麦的收割在初夏开始。
用法提示：harvesting在此处作名词，指收割的过程。
Farmers are busy with the harvesting of apples.
农民们正忙于苹果的收获。
用法提示：harvesting作为名词，表示收获活动。
The harvesting season requires a lot of labor.
收获季节需要大量劳动力。
用法提示：harvesting作定语修饰season，表示与收获相关的。
用于说明收割或采集的具体对象，常见于书面语。
The harvesting of wheat begins in late summer.
小麦的收割在夏末开始。
harvesting 作名词定语，后面接表示季节、技术、设备等的名词。
New harvesting techniques have increased rice yields.
新的收割技术提高了水稻产量。
harvesting 可单独作介词宾语，构成 before、during、after 等时间状语。
The fields are left fallow after harvesting.
收割后田地休耕。
grammar · medium
易错句子The harvesting was very good this year.
正确表达The harvest was very good this year.
想表达“今年的收成/产量好”时要用 harvest，不用 harvesting；harvesting 指收割、采集这一活动本身，不指收成或产量。
grammar · medium
易错句子The harvesting of the crops have begun.
正确表达The harvesting of the crops has begun.
主语中心词是不可数名词 harvesting，视为单数，谓语要用 has；of the crops 只是修饰成分，不改变主语的单复数。
grammar · medium
易错句子Harvesting is the process of gather crops.
正确表达Harvesting is the process of gathering crops.
介词 of 后要用动名词 gathering，不能用动词原形 gather；这里 of gathering crops 修饰 process，说明“收割庄稼的过程”。
特指用镰刀割下谷物，并常带“种瓜得瓜”的因果或报应意味；harvesting 更中性、范围更宽，可指任何成熟作物或资源的采集。
指用手逐个摘下果实、花朵或蔬菜，规模通常较小；harvesting 可指大面积机械收割，也可用于抽象资源的收集。
泛指把分散的东西集中起来，也可指人群聚集，不限于农业；harvesting 则明确指成熟作物的收割或对资源的系统采集。
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