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See also: carrot-and-stick

carrot-and-stick

◊ This sense of stick is often contrasted with carrot, which refers to the reward or advantage someone will get if they do something.此义项的stick常与表示奖励的carrot对比使用。
⇒ Main Entry: 1 stick 2 stick

carrot-and-stick

adjective

car·​rot-and-stick ˌker-ət-ᵊn-ˈstik How to pronounce carrot-and-stick (audio)
ˌka-rət-
: characterized by the use of both reward and punishment to induce cooperation
carrot-and-stick foreign policy
the carrot-and-stick style of sales management

Word History

Etymology

from the traditional alternatives of driving a donkey on by either holding out a carrot or whipping it with a stick

First Known Use

1876, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of carrot-and-stick was in 1876

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