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

• 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。
• Detroit has been a fiscal basket case for decades, thanks to a toxic brew of bad governance, high crime, and a shrinking population.
  底特律财政吃紧的状况已经存在几十年了，主要原因在于政府管理不善、犯罪率居高不下以及人口的日益萎缩。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• The country was an economic basket case due to civil war.
  那个国家由于内战的关系，经济瘫痪。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。