basket case n.Informal （名词）非正式用语
解释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：
例句1:“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)
解释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