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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The calibration and interpretation methods of GHT fullbore gas-holdup tool, continuous flowmeters such as DBT diverter basket flowmeter, and high precision manometer being used, as well as two case histories are presented.
  介绍了所使用的GHT全井眼持气率计、DBT集流伞式流量计等连续流量计和高精度压力计的刻度和解释方法，给出了2口井的测井实例。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。