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单词 the white man's burden
释义

the white man's burden

/ðə ˌwaɪt mænz ˈbɜːdn/
/ðə ˌwaɪt mænz ˈbɜːrdn/
(old use, rather offensive)
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  1. a phrase that was used mainly in the 19th century to express the idea that European countries had a duty to run the countries and organizations of people in other parts of the world with less money, education or technology than the Europeans. The phrase was first used in a poem by Rudyard Kipling.
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