| 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.] |