
the carrot and (the) stick (approach)---if you use the carrot and stick approach, you persuade somebody to try harder by offering them a reward if they do, or a punishment if they do not 胡蘿卜加大棒;威逼利誘
carrot---a reward promised to somebody in order to persuade them to do something (為說服人做事所許諾的)酬報,好處
They are holding out a carrot of $120 million in economic aid.
他們許諾給予 1.2 億元的經濟援助.