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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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？ - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。