The government is proclaiming a carrot-and-stick approach to the problem.

政府正在宣布解决此问题的软硬兼施的方法。

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His rule was solidified with the policy of carrot and big stick.

胡萝卜加大棒的政策使他的统治更加巩固了。

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An easy recipe you can have every day is one apple, one carrot (peeled), stick of celery, cube of ginger and thick slice of lemon (remove rind).

每天都适用的一个简单食谱：一个苹果，一个胡萝卜(去皮)，一捆芹菜，一块生姜和一片厚柠檬(删除果皮)。

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We still have a top-down, more-stick-and-less-carrot approach.

FORBES: Fact and Comment

And so, if -- why -- I mean, why not use a carrot and stick approach if we were so concerned about the democratic -- the lack of democratic reform in Egypt?

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

This is a carrot and stick approach -- in which the carrot may be the lure of an exclusive interview, and the stick is the publicists' insistence that you should cover disturbing half-chair half-woman type films as a trade-off to gain access to the cast of a great one.

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