the white man's burden
/ðə ˌwaɪt mænz ˈbɜːdn/
/ðə ˌwaɪt mænz ˈbɜːrdn/
(old use, offensive)- a phrase that was used mainly in the 19th century to express the idea, now considered offensive, that European countries had a duty to control countries and organizations in parts of the world with less money, education or technology than Europe. The phrase was first used in a poem by Rudyard Kipling.
这句话主要在 19 世纪用来表达现在被认为具有冒犯性的观点，即欧洲国家有责任控制世界上资金、教育或技术比欧洲少的地区的国家和组织。这句话最早出现在拉迪亚德·吉卜林的一首诗中。