carrot

1. N-VAR Carrots are long, thin, orange-coloured vegetables. They grow under the ground, and have green shoots above the ground. 衚蘿蔔

2. N-COUNT Something that is offered to people in order to persuade them to do something can be referred to as a carrot. Something that is meant to persuade people not to do something can be referred to in the same sentence as a "stick." 誘餌

Why the new emphasis on sticks instead of diplomatic carrots?

爲什麽不再拋出外交誘餌，反而重新側重大棒威脇？