sick man of Europe

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释义与例句

name
  1. 1.

    The Ottoman Empire.

    古体 政治
  2. 2.

    Any European country undergoing economic difficulty.

    政治

词源

Calque of Russian больно́й челове́к Европы (bolʹnój čelovék Jevropy), a phrase coined by Czar Nicholas I of the Empire of Russia, referring to the poor state of the Ottoman Empire in the 19th century.

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