carrot

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car·rot /ˈkærət/ S3 noun → carat, karat

[countableC, uncountableU]HBPDFF a long pointed orange vegetable that grows under the ground 胡萝卜，红萝卜

grated carrots

磨碎的胡萝卜

carrot juice

胡萝卜汁

→4 See picture of 见图 VEGETABLE →5 see picture at 见图 vegetable1

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。

3 carrot and stick informal 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

政府为促使年轻人去找工作而采取的软硬兼施的办法

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carrot and stick approach• Current government strategy on unemployment has been described fairly aptly as being the carrot and stick approach.• The carrot and stick approach is to do with reward and punishment, incentives and pressures.

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carrot• Governments were forced to adopt a carrot and stick approach to the trade unions.• Add chopped carrots and garlic and cook 2 minutes.• Cook carrots according to package directions; drain.• She dipped her carrot into the peanut butter as she went to the door.• Boil the carrots in a saucepan until tender.• One of the carrots that Dad always dangled in front of me was that he was going to send me to college.• The U.S. has held out the carrot of more aid and investment.• The carrot and stick approach is to do with reward and punishment, incentives and pressures.• This time you need the top two centimetres from a thick carrot.• You can sow these directly into the ground in April, along with carrots and parsnips.

Origin carrot

(1400-1500) French carotte, from Late Latin, from Greek karoton

car·rot noun

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