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

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。
Another aim was to apply the new model using real market basket dataset case study to assess its effectiveness.
本文的另一个目的是将提出的模型应用到真实购物篮分析中，以评估其有效性。
Each of us is a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess and a criminal.
我们每个人都是书呆子、运动员、神经病、公主和罪犯的集合体。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。