asket case
n.Informal （名词）【非正式用语】
1.One that is in a completely hopeless or useless condition:
完全不起作用的人,没有希望的人：
“He immediately becomes a psychological basket case,embittered to the point of craziness”(New York)“After World War I,when the Hapsburg empire was split up,little Austria seemed a basket case”(Paul A.Samuelson)
“他立刻就完全绝望了,痛苦得快要疯狂”(纽约)“第一次世界大战之后,哈布斯堡王朝瓦解了,小小的奥地利看起来毫无作为”(保罗A.塞缪尔森)
2.A person,especially a soldier,who has had all four limbs amputated.
残障者,截肢的人：截去四肢的人,特别是被截去四肢的士兵、战士
