if you use the carrot and stick approach, you persuade somebody to try harder by offering them a reward if they do, or a punishment if they do not胡萝卜加大棒；威逼利诱
The emphasis is on the carrot of incentive rather than the stick of taxes.重点是激励的胡萝卜，而不是税收的大棒。
to adopt the carrot-and-stick approach采取威逼利诱的手段
He decided to use the carrot and stick approach.他决定采用胡萝卜加大棒的方法。