basket case

basket case

美 　英

• 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
• 网络篮子里的恶魔；毫无希望；废人

词形变化

复数：basket cases  

英汉双解

英汉解释

na.	1. 四肢被截断的(病)人

英英解释

n.	1. an insulting word for someone who is unable to do anything because they are too nervous or upset 2. a country or organization that has serious financial problems

例句

That manager has 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沉。

The same applies to unruly Albania, which after years of progress is in danger of turning once more into a basket-case.

难以驾驭的阿尔巴尼亚经过多年的发展却重新让其欧盟成员国身份陷入危险境地，当然也应受到同等对待。

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。

North Korea's economy, meanwhile, turned into a basket case following the collapse of the Soviet Union, its main benefactor.

但与此同时，随着苏联的解体，朝鲜经济也陷入了瘫痪。苏联之前是朝鲜主要的援助者。

In the Western imagination, China is as much an environmental basket case as it is an economic miracle.

在西方人的印象中，中国面临的环境难题和创造的经济奇迹一样巨大。

Somalia is an ecological basket case, with overpopulation, overgrazing and desertification destroying its pastoral economy.

人口过剩、过度放牧、土地沙化破环了索马里的生态环境和游牧经济。

Just think, if there is no proper job, a "social man" , would not become a social "basket case" ?

试想，如果一个没有正当职业的“社会人”，岂不是成了社会“废人”？

In five years under Marchionne, the company has gone from being a basket case to the M& A king of the industry.

在马尔基翁5年来的领导下，菲亚特从一家完全没有希望的公司成长为汽车业的并购之王。

whether Greece is a basket-case all of its own, or investors lose confidence in other heavily indebted governments.

只是希腊一国经济崩溃，还是投资者对其他负债累累的国家也丧失了信心？

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。

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。

"Basket case" Allison is a pathological liar with zero social skills whose oversize parka is a handy security blanket.

“篮子型”的艾莉森是一名病态撒谎者，她社交能力为零，身上那件大过头的大衣简直是一条安全毛毯。

That America became the superpower and Argentina the basket-case was not preordained.

美国成为超级大国，而阿根廷却经济瘫痪，这一切并非是宿命。

Thailand: the next Asian basket case?

泰国：亚洲下一个绝望之地？

I was a basket case, the teacher is not news to me is just like drinking sweet as honey.

我是一个话篓子，老师不在的消息对我来说简直像喝蜂蜜一样甜。

Especially in the late 1990s, when the party was, in Lord Ashcroft's account, "a financial basket case" , his support was vital.

特别是在90年代晚期，工党在Ashcroft勋爵看来只是“金融废人”，他的支持显得至关重要。

Fuck yeah, I'm a basket case and I mastered this rap shit.

好啊，我就是个废物，就这样我也精通了说唱。

On just about every count, the task-force sees Chrysler as a basket-case.

从每一个方面来看，特别小组都认为克莱斯勒即将亏损。

Instead I say to myself: damn you, Henry Kissinger, for calling my country a basket case.

相反，我对自已说，得了，连基辛格都说这个国家”一堆麻烦“呢。

They can be volatile; Ireland has gone from being a "Celtic tiger" to a financial basket case.

它们易变，爱尔兰已经从“凯尔特虎”变成了金融瘫痪的病猫。

I think I'm cracking up, am I just paranoid? I'm just stoned. - Green Day, Basket Case.

我想我是崩溃了，还是只是我有妄想症？我只是吸多了嗨翻了。

America began life as a fiscal basket-case.

建国初期，美国的财政状况非常困顿。

This is no Soviet-style economic basket case.

这不同于苏联的经济瘫痪。

It's a 40 percent nation, mediocre in the world rankings, but not a basket case.

这是个发挥了40%的国家，在世界排名上表现平庸，但也不是最差。

I went to a shrink to analyze my dreams. She says it's a lack of sex that's bringing me down. - Green Day, Basket Case.

我去找心理医生来分析我做的梦。她说这是缺乏性生活，我被打击了。

A terrible recession will be followed by a lacklustre recovery, but Britain is no basket-case

疲软的复苏后糟糕的衰退接踵而至，但英国并非毫无希望

The call you seek, the basket case

你寻找那声呼唤，呼唤你冲破束缚