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

• 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。
• 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。
• They made me wait so long for the interview that I was a basket case by the time I finally got called in.
  他们让我等了很久才和我面谈。
• 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。
• A student who studies too hard for exams may not eat, sleep or play, for so long that he becomes a basket case and must be sent to the hospital.
  为了考试而用功过度的学生，也可能不吃、不睡、不玩，时间久了，成了无力自理的人，只好被送进医院。
• 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。
• The grinning little man was coming to their booth now, his basket heavy on his arm, and as he passed Rhett Butler a handsome gold cigar case was thrown carelessly into the basket.
  他从瑞德-巴特勒身边走过时，一只漂亮的金烟盒给随随便便地丢进了篮子。
• In Europe, the long-standing basket case of the industry, Alitalia, is also burdened by a large fleet of old MD-80 short-haul jets, and it is largely unhedged against the soaring oil price.
  在欧洲，长期以来一直苟延残喘的意大利航空（alitalia）也有大量老式麦道80短途飞机，并且基本上没有对油价飙升进行对冲。
• Each of us is a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess and a criminal.
  我们每个人都是书呆子、运动员、神经病、公主和罪犯的集合体。
• 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。