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

• 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。
• At the bottom of the basket lay three microfilms, each in a metal case.
  在筐子底下藏着三卷微缩胶卷，都用铁盒子装着。
• 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。
• 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。
• CEOs who inherit a basket case or who hit crises on their watch can demand a little more forbearance from shareholders.
  那些接手一个烂摊子、或在任内抵制危机的CEO们，可以要求股东再宽容一些。
• This Balkan country used to be an economic basket case.
  这个巴尔干国家的经济曾一度处于瘫痪状态。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• Before the Troubles, Northern Ireland was an economic basket case.
  在70年代动乱之前，北爱尔兰在经济上处于完全瘫痪状态。