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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - The country, critics argued, was not an economic basket case like other European nations trying similar programs.
批评者称，与其他尝试类似计划的欧洲国家不同，马耳他在经济上并非一团糟。 - 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。 - 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？ - 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。 - 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 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。