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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。