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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Another aim was to apply the new model using real market basket dataset case study to assess its effectiveness.
  本文的另一个目的是将提出的模型应用到真实购物篮分析中，以评估其有效性。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。