1.表述：basket case

释义：A person who is a nervous wreck. （精神极度紧张的人，精神频临崩溃的人）

例句：After that all-day meeting, I was practically a basket case.

开了一整天的会之后，我的精神上几乎要崩溃了。

My weeks of worry were so intense that I was a real basket case afterwards.

我连续几周的焦虑是如此的强烈，以至于后来我的精神真完全崩溃了。

A: What happened to the former boss?

你之前的老板发生什么事情了？

B: He has been a basket case here since his company went bankrupt and his wife left him.

自从他的公司破产，太太离弃他之后，他精神频临崩溃。

2.表述：mess up

释义 1： To make a mistake. （犯错误）

例句：I'm worried that I messed up the last question on the test—it sounds like no one got the same answer as me.

我担心我把最后一道题考砸了——听起来好像没有人的答案和我的一样。

释义2：To cause one to make a mistake. （使......犯错误）

例句：I got all flustered when the boss walked in during my presentation—it totally messed me up!

老板在我演讲的时候走进来，在这时候，我变得非常紧张，这使得我完全搞砸了。

释义3：To damage or harm someone or something. （伤害某人，毁坏某事）

例句：If you don't regularly get your oil changed, you could really mess up your engine.

如果你不经常换机油，你可能会把发动机弄坏。

Mother warned us not to mess up the clean floor.

母亲警告我们不要把干净的地板弄脏了。

Mike, I hope I have not mess up your arrangement too much .

Mike, 希望我没有过多地打乱你的安排。

今天，我们学习了2个生动形象的雅思语汇：basket case，mess up.Hope that you can bear them in mind.