单词 | basket case |
释义 | basket case From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbasket caseˈbasket case noun [countable]1 informalNERVOUS someone who you think is crazy SYN nut case2 a country with many severe economic and social problems that are likely to continue for a long timeExamples from the Corpusbasket case• Mom was a complete basket case at our wedding.• By any measure, the delta is an environmental basket case.• Compared to them, I was without skill, a vocational basket case.From Longman Business Dictionarybasket caseˈbasket ˌcase noun [countable usually singular] journalismECONOMICS a company, country, or economy that is doing so badly and has so many problems that it is likely to fail completelyBy any standard, the area is aneconomic basket case. |
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