For many years the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth had been the sick man of Europe.

多年来，波兰立陶宛联邦一直是欧洲的病夫。

The last time Germany was in such a mess was the late 1990s, when The Economist labelled the country the sick man of the euro.

德国上一次陷入如此混乱是在 20 世纪 90 年代末，当时《经济学人》将德国称为欧元病夫。

Hobbled by stagnation, secession, and wars of independence, the Ottoman Empire was by now staggering on the fringes of geopolitics, being known as " the sick man of Europe" .

由于经济停滞、分裂和独立战争，奥斯曼帝国摇摇晃晃地站在地缘政治的边缘，被称为“欧洲病夫”。