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
- 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。 - Food, the main victim of escalating prices, accounts for a third of the CPI basket and will likely lead to demands for higher wages; in any case, other costs like healthcare and utilities are also rising.
作为价格不断上涨的主要受害者，食品在cpi商品篮子中占三分之一的权重，食品涨价可能将导致人们提出加薪的要求；不管怎样，医疗和水电煤气等其它成本也在不断上升。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - That might seem crazy, especially given the likelihood of sanctions that can only cripple further North Korea's basket case of an economy.
这看似疯狂，特别是考虑到如果国家遭到封锁的话，朝鲜摇摇欲坠的经济会进一步不堪重负。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。