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

• Launders, 27, said she has spent most of the year "like a basket case" despite seeing a therapist once a week.
  27岁的朗黛丝说，尽管她每周去理疗一次，她今年过的大半日子像个四肢不全的废人。
• Meanwhile, Russia is a basket case, increasing the desire of Russian oligarchs to avoid exposure to a falling ruble.
  与此同时，俄罗斯深陷危机，从而增加了该国寡头规避因卢布不断贬值而带来的风险的意愿。
• 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。
• So why'd you ever hire a basket case like me?
  那你为什么还要雇佣象我这样的废人？
• Food, the main victim of escalating prices, accounts for a third of the CPI basket and will likely lead to demands for higher wages; in any case, other costs like healthcare and utilities are also rising.
  作为价格不断上涨的主要受害者，食品在cpi商品篮子中占三分之一的权重，食品涨价可能将导致人们提出加薪的要求；不管怎样，医疗和水电煤气等其它成本也在不断上升。
• 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。
• The country, critics argued, was not an economic basket case like other European nations trying similar programs.
  批评者称，与其他尝试类似计划的欧洲国家不同，马耳他在经济上并非一团糟。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。