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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
      1. 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

        • 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。
        • That might seem crazy, especially given the likelihood of sanctions that can only cripple further North Korea's basket case of an economy.
          这看似疯狂,特别是考虑到如果国家遭到封锁的话,朝鲜摇摇欲坠的经济会进一步不堪重负。
        • 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。
        • 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。
        • 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。
        • The calibration and interpretation methods of GHT fullbore gas-holdup tool, continuous flowmeters such as DBT diverter basket flowmeter, and high precision manometer being used, as well as two case histories are presented.
          介绍了所使用的GHT全井眼持气率计、DBT集流伞式流量计等连续流量计和高精度压力计的刻度和解释方法,给出了2口井的测井实例。
        • 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。
        • 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。
        • 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。
        • 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。