staggering

英 [ˈstæɡərɪŋ]

美 [ˈstæɡərɪŋ]

adj.  令人难以相信的
v.  摇摇晃晃地走; 蹒跚; 踉跄; 使震惊; 使大吃一惊; 使交错; 使错开
stagger的现在分词

现在分词：staggering　

考研TOEFL电力

Collins.2 / BNC.9958 / COCA.9598

牛津词典

adj.

• 令人难以相信的
  so great, shocking or surprising that it is difficult to believe

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 令人大吃一惊的;令人震惊的
  Something that isstaggeringis very surprising.
  1. ...a three-year contract reputed to be worth a staggering £5,000-a-week...
     据称高达每周 5,000 英镑的三年期合同
  2. The results have been quite staggering.
     结果非常令人震惊。

英英释义

adj

• so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm
  1. such an enormous response was astonishing
  2. an astounding achievement
  3. the amount of money required was staggering
  4. suffered a staggering defeat
  5. the figure inside the boucle dress was stupefying
  Synonym:astonishingastoundingstupefying

双语例句

• He was hobbling [ staggering] along.
  他晃晃悠悠地往前走。
• A staggering number of civilians and prisoners of war were killed, he said.
  数量惊人的平民和战俘被杀，他说。
• But not so for Gracie, whose mother Nicole spent a staggering$ 32,000 on her birthday party.
  但对于小格雷西可不是这样，因为妈妈妮可为了给她举办生日宴会竟然花掉了32000美元！
• Her campaign had suffered a staggering setback.
  她的竞选活动遭到重大的挫折。
• 'We have noticed staggering trends,'Frank wrote in an e-mail from Beijing.
  “我们注意到一个惊人的趋势，”弗兰克从北京发来电子邮件说。
• I saw a drunk staggering up the street.
  我看到一个醉汉在街上蹒跚而行。
• The big bucks Chinese spend overseas every year reaches staggering numbers.
  中国人每年在国外甩出去的大票子已经达到了一个惊人的数目。
• China's staggering recent economic growth has created an equally staggering increase in its pollution and emissions problems.
  近年来中国经济增长惊人，而污染和排放问题也同样以惊人的速度恶化。
• A staggering 83 percent of continental European respondents claim to have been physically or emotionally bullied.
  在欧洲大陆的受访者中，有多达83%的人称自己曾受到过人身或情感上的欺凌。
• As the mid-term election looms, a staggering number of Americans remain unemployed or underemployed.
  中期选举将近，可失业和未充分就业的美国人仍数目惊人。