basket case
noun[C]
uk/ˈbɑː.skɪt ˌkeɪs/us/ˈbæs.kɪt ˌkeɪs/basket casenoun[C](PERSON)
informal
someone who isextremelynervousoranxiousand isthereforeunabletoorganizetheirlife:
极度紧张(或焦虑)的人;精神濒于崩溃的人By the end of thecourseI was acompletebasketcase.到课程结束时我紧张得简直不行了。
basket casenoun[C](COUNTRY/COMPANY)
acountryorcompanythat is veryunsuccessfulfinancially:
财政拮据的国家(或公司)20yearsago thecountrywas aneconomicbasketcase.20年前,该国的经济一团糟。
Success & failure in business
- administration
- axe
- bankrupt
- bankruptcy
- be running on fumesidiom
- belly
- dying
- fold
- go darkidiom
- go to the wallidiom
- growth hacker
- growth hacking
- have a corner on a marketidiom
- receiver
- soft launch
- spin
- spinsomethingoff
- start (something) up
- subscale
- turn around
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