2[countableC] informalPERSUADE something that is offered to someone in order to try and persuade them to do something 〔为使某人做某事而给予的〕报酬,好处,奖品,许诺
They have refused to sign the agreement despite a carrot of £140 million.
尽管有1.4亿英镑的报酬,他们还是拒绝签署这份协议。
3carrot and stickinformal a way of trying to persuade someone to do something by offering them something good if they do it, and a punishment if they do not 胡萝卜加大棒,威逼利诱
the government’s carrot and stick approach in getting young people to find jobs
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