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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• North Korea's economy, once hailed as a miracle, was written off as a basket case.
  北韩的经济，曾经被誉为一个奇迹，被注销的，作为一篮子的情况。
• 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。
• 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。
• Yet trying to turn its large, western neighbour into a basket case is also not a great long-term option for Russia.
  然而让本国西面的庞大邻国陷入一团糟，对俄罗斯并非长期上策。
• 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。