1N-VAR 胡萝卜Carrots are long, thin, orange-coloured vegetables. They grow under the ground, and have green shoots above the ground. 胡萝卜
2N-COUNT (为鼓励别人做某事而提供的)好处,甜头(同一个句子里用以表示劝阻别人不要做某事的东西叫做stick) Something that is offered to people in order to persuade them to do something can be referred to as a carrot. Something that is meant to persuade people not to do something can be referred to in the same sentence as a 'stick'. (为鼓励别人做某事而提供的)好处,甜头(同一个句子里用以表示劝阻别人不要做某事的东西叫做stick)
They will be set targets, with a carrot of extra cash and pay if they achieve them. [+ of]
会给他们设定目标,如果能达到,就能得到额外的现金和报酬。
Why the new emphasis on sticks instead of diplomatic carrots?
2sth attractive offered to sb吸引物VERB + CARROT | PHRASESVERB + CARROT➤dangle, hold out, offer (sb)晃動誘餌;炫示誘餌;(給某人)提供獎賞◇They dangled the carrot of a large salary in front of me.他們以高工資引誘我。PHRASES➤a carrot and stick威逼利誘◇to adopt the carrot-and-stick approach(= to persuade sb to try harder by offering them a reward if they do, or a punishment if they do not)採取威逼利誘的手段