英语词汇sick man of europe的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	sick man of europe
词源	Sick Man of Europe. A nickname for the Ottoman Empire, which never regained its grand days of glory after entering the 20th century. The term is said to have resulted from Russian Czar Nicholas I saying in 1853: “I am not so eager about what shall be done when the sick man dies, as I am to determine with England what shall not be done upon that event taking place.”
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