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

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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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？
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。
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。