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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。