carrot/ˋkærət; ˈkærət/n 1 [C,U] a long orange vegetable that grows under the ground 胡萝卜see picture at见 VEGETABLE 图2 [C] something that is offered to someone to persuade them to do something〔为使某人做某事而给予的〕报酬﹐好处: +of The government held out the carrot of lower interest rates. 政府拿降低利率作为好处。a carrot and stick approach (=both offering something good and threatening something bad)胡萝卜加大棒的做法﹐威逼利诱