What does this mean? You can't be a basketcase, a girl who causes a scene or a girl who drinks too much.

这是什么意思呢？你不能一无是处，只知道大吵大闹或喝得烂醉。

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The alternative is an extractive economy like Argentina, which went from 10th in the world in 1930 to a basketcase for the past 80 years.

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