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。
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。
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。
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。
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？
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。
Launders, 27, said she has spent most of the year "like a basket case" despite seeing a therapist once a week.
27岁的朗黛丝说，尽管她每周去理疗一次，她今年过的大半日子像个四肢不全的废人。
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。
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。
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。