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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• Launders, 27, said she has spent most of the year "like a basket case" despite seeing a therapist once a week.
  27岁的朗黛丝说，尽管她每周去理疗一次，她今年过的大半日子像个四肢不全的废人。
• 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。
• The country, critics argued, was not an economic basket case like other European nations trying similar programs.
  批评者称，与其他尝试类似计划的欧洲国家不同，马耳他在经济上并非一团糟。
• 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。
• 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。