basket case

noun

1. 经济状况极差的国家（或机构）
   a country or an organization whose economic situation is very bad
2. 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

1. N-COUNT （经济或金融）困境
   If someone describes a country or organization as a basket 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。
2. N-COUNT 精神失常者
   If you describe someone as a basket 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。

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。
2. 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。
3. 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。
4. 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。
5. 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。
6. Vietnam, long seen as an economic basket case, is not far behind with projected growth of 6.1 per cent.
   长期被视为经济凋敝的越南不会离预期的6.1%增长率太远。
7. Europe is not quite the basket case it was a few years ago.
   如今的欧洲已经不再是几年前那个毫无希望的人。
8. 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。
9. 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。
10. 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。
11. 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。
12. 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。
13. I'm afraid my uncle's stressful job has turned him into a basket case.
    我担心叔父的压力沉重的工作会使他变成一个毫无气力的废人。
14. 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。
15. The grinning little man was coming to their booth now, his basket heavy on his arm, and as he passed Rhett Butler a handsome gold cigar case was thrown carelessly into the basket.
    他从瑞德-巴特勒身边走过时，一只漂亮的金烟盒给随随便便地丢进了篮子。
16. 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。
17. 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。
18. In Europe, the long-standing basket case of the industry, Alitalia, is also burdened by a large fleet of old MD-80 short-haul jets, and it is largely unhedged against the soaring oil price.
    在欧洲，长期以来一直苟延残喘的意大利航空（alitalia）也有大量老式麦道80短途飞机，并且基本上没有对油价飙升进行对冲。
19. 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。
20. 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。
21. 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。
22. If Thais are not careful, the country could become the next Asian basket case.
    如果泰国人不谨慎行事，该国可能会变成亚洲的下一个绝望之地。
23. This Balkan country used to be an economic basket case.
    这个巴尔干国家的经济曾一度处于瘫痪状态。
24. 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。
25. 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。
26. 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？
27. 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。
28. 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。
29. 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。