carrot
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++car·rot /ˈkærət/ ●●● S3 noun 1 
[countable, uncountable]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 →5 see picture at 见图 vegetable12 [countable] 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
[countable, uncountable]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 →5 see picture at 见图 vegetable12 [countable] 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Examples from the Corpus
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 karotoncar·rot nounChineseSyllable
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carrot
car‧rot S3 /ˈkærət/
noun
1. [uncountable and countable] a long pointed orange vegetable that grows under the ground:
grated carrots
carrot juice
2. [countable] informal something that is offered to someone in order to try and persuade them to do something:
They have refused to sign the agreement despite a carrot of £140 million.
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:
the government’s carrot and stick approach in getting young people to find jobs
car‧rot S3 /ˈkærət/
noun Date: 1400-1500
Language: French
Origin: carotte, from Late Latin, from Greek karoton
Language: French
Origin: carotte, from Late Latin, from Greek karoton
1. [uncountable and countable] a long pointed orange vegetable that grows under the ground:
2. [countable] informal something that is offered to someone in order to try and persuade them to do something:
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:
