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
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.- 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。
- The country is an economic basket case with chronic unemployment and rampant crime.
- N-COUNT 精神失常者
If you describe someone as abasket case, you think that they are insane.- 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。
- You're going to think I'm a basket case when I tell you this.
双语例句
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - The grinning little man was coming to their booth now, his basket heavy on his arm, and as he passed Rhett Butler a handsome gold cigar case was thrown carelessly into the basket.
他从瑞德-巴特勒身边走过时，一只漂亮的金烟盒给随随便便地丢进了篮子。 - 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。 - I'm afraid my uncle's stressful job has turned him into a basket case.
我担心叔父的压力沉重的工作会使他变成一个毫无气力的废人。 - 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。 - 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。