basket case

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It’s a 40 percent nation, mediocre in the world rankings, but not a basket case.
這是個(gè)發(fā)揮了40%的國(guó)家，在世界排名上表現(xiàn)平庸，但也不是最差。
LL: They aren't mad at me anymore, but my mom is a basket case because my sister will be graduating soon.
basket case？ Basket是籃子的意思，你妹妹快要畢業(yè)。
I'm really worried - our company is losing so much money these days that if things don’t get better in the next two months we'll be a basket case and have to go out of business.
我真是非常擔(dān)心，我們公司這些日子虧損了那么多錢(qián)，要是在今后兩個(gè)月里情況沒(méi)有好轉(zhuǎn)的話，我們就徹底沒(méi)有希望，只好倒閉了。
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His government then adopted a flat-rate income tax, ending Russia's days as an economic basket case.
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(PERSON) someone who is extremely nervous or anxious and is therefore unable to organize their life
(COUNTRY/COMPANY) a country or company that is very unsuccessful financially

If someone describes a country or organization as a basket case, they mean that its economy or finances are in a seriously bad state.
If you describe someone as a basket case, you think that they are very nervous or unable to function.