| 单词 | carrot and stick |
| 释义 | carrot and stick also carrot-and-stick adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] If an organization has a carrot and stick approach or policy, they offer people things in order to persuade them to do something and punish them if they refuse to do it. The government is proclaiming a carrot-and-stick approach to the problem. Collocations: carrot-and-stick approach He believes the government needs to take a carrot-and-stick approach to climate policy. Times, Sunday Times Use the carrot-and-stick approach to get your way. Times, Sunday Times He recognises that piracy will not go away but hopes that a carrot-and-stick approach will be effective. Times, Sunday Times A carrot-and-stick approach was adopted in putting pressure on schools to meet the targets of fitness and obesity set by the ministry. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The court adopted a carrot-and-stick approach of lavish pensions for compliant chieftains, coupled with a huge show of military force on the borders of their territories. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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