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
- 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 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。