[VERB 动词]蹒跚；摇晃地走 If you stagger, you walk very unsteadily, for example because you are ill or drunk.
[V adv/prep]
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He lost his balance, staggered back against the rail and toppled over...
他失去平衡，往后趔趄了一下，撞到栏杆摔倒了。
He was staggering and had to lean on the bar.
他走路摇摇晃晃，不得不靠在吧台上。
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[VERB 动词]勉强维持 If you say that someone or something staggers on, you mean that it is only just succeeds in continuing.
[V adv/prep]
Truman allowed him to stagger on for nearly another two years.
杜鲁门允许他又硬撑了近两年。
...a government that staggered from crisis to crisis.
在一次又一次危机中勉强维持的政府
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[VERB 动词]使震惊；让…大吃一惊 If something staggers you, it surprises you very much.
[V n]
The whole thing staggers me.
整个事件让我震惊。
staggered
I was simply staggered by the heat of the Argentinian high-summer.
阿根廷盛夏的酷热真让我大吃一惊。
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[VERB 动词]使(假期或工作时间)错开 To stagger things such as people's holidays or hours of work means to arrange them so that they do not all happen at the same time.
[V n]
During the past few years the government has staggered the summer vacation periods for students.
在过去几年里，政府将学生放暑假的时间相互错开。
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stag·ger/ˈstæɡə(r); NAmEˈstæɡər/verb1[intransitive , transitive ]to walk with weak unsteady steps, as if you are about to fall 摇摇晃晃地走；蹒跚；踉跄SYN
totter
(+ adv./prep.)◆The injured woman staggered to her feet.受伤的女人摇摇晃晃地站起身来。◆He staggered home, drunk.他喝醉酒，踉跄着回了家。◆We seem to stagger from one crisis to the next.我们仿佛在接连不断的危机中举步维艰。◆( figurative) The company is staggering under the weightof a £10m debt. 公司在 1 000 万英镑债务的重压下步履艰难。staggersth ◆I managed to stagger the last few steps.我好不容易跌跌撞撞走了这最后几步。2[transitive ]to shock or surprise sb very much 使震惊；使大吃一惊SYN
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staggersb ◆Her remarks staggered me.她的话让我震惊。it staggers sb that…◆It staggers me that the government is doing nothing about it.政府对此竟然袖手旁观，我觉得不可思议。3[transitive ]staggersth to arrange for events that would normally happen at the same time to start or happen at different times 使交错；使错开◆There were so many runners that they had to stagger the start.参加赛跑的选手很多，他们不得不把起跑的时间错开。▶stag·gernoun◆to walk with a stagger蹒跚着走staggerstaggersstaggeredstaggeringstag·ger/ˈstæɡə(r); NAmEˈstæɡər/
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staggerstag‧ger1 /ˈstæɡə $ -ər/ ●●○ verb
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1[intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to walk or move unsteadily, almost falling overSYN stumble: He managed to stagger home. She staggered back a step. The old man staggered drunkenly to his feet.► see thesaurus at
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2[transitive] to make someone feel very surprised or shockedSYN amaze: What staggered us was the sheer size of her salary.3[intransitive] (also stagger on) to continue doing something when you seem to be going to fail and you do not know what will happen: He staggered on for another two years.stagger from something to something The company staggered from one crisis to the next.4[transitive] to arrange people’s working hours, holidays etc so that they do not all begin and end at the same time: Jim and his wife stagger their work hours so one of them can be at home with the kids.5[transitive] to start a race with each runner at a different place on a curved track
stagger1 verb
stagger2 noun
staggerstagger2 noun [countable usually singular]
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an unsteady movement of someone who is having difficulty in walking
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