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

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。
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。
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。
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。
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？
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。
At the bottom of the basket lay three microfilms, each in a metal case.
在筐子底下藏着三卷微缩胶卷，都用铁盒子装着。
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。
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。
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。