the English disease
/ði ˌɪŋɡlɪʃ dɪˈziːz/
/ði ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ dɪziːz/
- an expression that has been used by people in Europe about various different aspects of English life. In the 1960s and 1970s it meant the poor productivity of English factories and the many strikes by workers. In the 1980s it was used to refer to the bad behaviour of English football supporters, and more recently nostalgia (= preferring to look back to the past) has been described as the English disease.
英语疾病：一种被欧洲人用来描述英语生活各个方面的表达。在1960年代和1970年代，这意味着英国工厂的生产力低下以及工人的多次罢工。在1980年代，它被用来指代英格兰足球支持者的不良行为，而最近的怀旧被描述为英格兰的疾病。