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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。