carrot and stick

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The simultaneous rewarding of good behavior and punishing of bad behavior. idiomatic
    — It was this carrot and stick discipline to which Mr. John Mill was subjected, and which he accepted dutifully as flowing from that perfect wisdom of which up to this time his father had been the representative.

词形变化

carrots and sticks plural stick and carrot alternative

词源

From combining two ways to motivate a beast of burden, with the lure of a carrot placed just out of reach, and the threat of a stick behind.
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