| 英语单词 | staggering |
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| 英美音标 | 英 ['stæɡərɪŋ] 美 ['stæɡərɪŋ] |
| 中文释义 | adj.摇晃的;惊人的 动词stagger的现在分词. |
| 英语例句 | (1) The amounts involved are staggering, Rogers said. (2) The Asian countries are getting westernized at a staggering rate. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 所涉及的金额是惊人的,罗杰斯说。 (2) 亚洲国家正以惊人的速度变得西方化。 |
| vocabulary简明 | A staggering amount is an astonishing, astounding, stupefying amount. Anything staggering blows your mind. |
| vocabulary扩展 | If you know that stagger means to stumble around uncertainly, then you're close to the meaning of staggering: this is a word for things that are so hard to believe you might fall down when you hear them. If the President gets shot, that's staggering news. If there's a major earthquake, that's staggering. Alien life contacting the Earth would be extremely staggering. Anything that knocks your socks off or makes your mind reel is staggering. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]令人大吃一惊的;令人震惊的 Something that is staggering is very surprising.
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