basket case

英 [ˈbɑːskɪt keɪs]

美 [ˈbæskɪt keɪs]

n.  经济状况极差的国家(或机构); 精神失常的人; 无适应能力的人

医学

牛津词典

noun

• 经济状况极差的国家（或机构）
  a country or an organization whose economic situation is very bad
• 精神失常的人；无适应能力的人
  a person who is slightly crazy and who has problems dealing with situations

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （经济或金融）困境
  If someone describes a country or organization as abasket case, they mean that its economy or finances are in a seriously bad state.
  1. The country is an economic basket case with chronic unemployment and rampant crime.
     这个国家长期失业严重、犯罪猖獗，经济几近瘫痪。
• N-COUNT 精神失常者
  If you describe someone as abasket case, you think that they are insane.
  1. You're going to think I'm a basket case when I tell you this.
     如果我告诉了你这件事，你会认为我脑子进水了。

双语例句

• The country was an economic basket case due to civil war.
  那个国家由于内战的关系，经济瘫痪。
• And the Soviet Union managed a world-class space programme, yet was an economic and political basket case.
  而且，虽然前苏联掌握了世界一流的航空技术，但其经济与政治体系仍千疮百孔。
• Europe is not quite the basket case it was a few years ago.
  如今的欧洲已经不再是几年前那个毫无希望的人。
• If Thais are not careful, the country could become the next Asian basket case.
  如果泰国人不谨慎行事，该国可能会变成亚洲的下一个绝望之地。
• I'm afraid my uncle's stressful job has turned him into a basket case.
  我担心叔父的压力沉重的工作会使他变成一个毫无气力的废人。
• Vietnam, long seen as an economic basket case, is not far behind with projected growth of 6.1 per cent.
  长期被视为经济凋敝的越南不会离预期的6.1%增长率太远。
• That manager have been a basket case here since his wife left him.
  自从太太离开他后，那位经理就变得意志消沈。
• The calibration and interpretation methods of GHT fullbore gas-holdup tool, continuous flowmeters such as DBT diverter basket flowmeter, and high precision manometer being used, as well as two case histories are presented.
  介绍了所使用的GHT全井眼持气率计、DBT集流伞式流量计等连续流量计和高精度压力计的刻度和解释方法，给出了2口井的测井实例。
• That might seem crazy, especially given the likelihood of sanctions that can only cripple further North Korea's basket case of an economy.
  这看似疯狂，特别是考虑到如果国家遭到封锁的话，朝鲜摇摇欲坠的经济会进一步不堪重负。
• Yet trying to turn its large, western neighbour into a basket case is also not a great long-term option for Russia.
  然而让本国西面的庞大邻国陷入一团糟，对俄罗斯并非长期上策。