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单词 the sick man of -
释义

the sick man of -

a country that is politically or economically unsound, especially in comparison with its neighbours in the region specified
(某一地区的)弱国:

the country had been the sick man of Europe for too long.

该国很久以来一直是欧洲的弱国。

ORIGIN: from a use of sick man, frequently applied in the late 19th cent. to the Sultan of Turkey, later extended to Turkey and other countries.

See main entry:sick

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