| 单词 | stick-and-carrot |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstick-and-carrot stick-and-carrot adj. that combines a threat of punishment with an offer of reward. [Compare the figurative uses discussed at sense 4a(b) and at carrot n. 2a.] ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > [adjective] > relating to sanctions sanctionativec1832 sanctionary1845 stick-and-carrot1955 sanctional- the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > reward or a reward > [adjective] > and threat of punishment stick-and-carrot1955 1955 World Politics 7 518 Communist China..must proceed under the stick-and-carrot technique of Communism in power. 1977 ‘J. le Carré’ Honourable Schoolboy vi. 136 It's a stick and carrot job. If you don't play, the comic will blow the whistle on you... That's the bad news... The good news is five hundred US into your hot little hand. 2003 J. Seigenthaler James K. Polk vi. 143 Somewhere in Polk's mind was the idea that a stick-and-carrot approach would bring an early end to hostilities. < as lemmas |
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