carrot

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

car·rot [carrot carrots] BrE [ˈkærət] NAmE [ˈkærət] noun
1. uncountable, countable a long pointed orange root vegetable
•grated carrot
•a pound of carrots
2. countable a reward promised to sb in order to persuade them to do sth
Syn: ↑incentive
• They are holding out a carrot of $120 million in economic aid.
• It's a big carrot he's dangling in front of Marler's nose.
Idiom: ↑carrot and stick

Word Origin:
late 15th cent.: from French carotte, from Latin carota, from Greek karōton.

Example Bank:
•to adopt the carrot-and-stick approach
•Even with the carrot of a free lunch it is unlikely that many people will turn up.
•He decided to use the carrot and stick approach.
•In a market economy profits are the carrot that encourages firms to take risks.
•It's a big carrot he's dangling in front of Marler's nose.
•They are holding out a carrot of $120 million in economic aid.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  cultivated carrot, Daucus carota sativa