stagger
stagger
英[ˈstæɡə(r)]美[ˈstæɡər]
vi.蹒跚，犹豫，动摇；
vt.使蹒跚，使摇摆，使犹豫，错开时间，使吃惊；
第三人称单数：staggers;
过去式：staggered;
过去分词：staggered;
现在分词：staggering;
例句
Our management has decided to stagger our working hour.我们的管理层已决定错开工作时间。
He picked up the heavy suitcase and set off with a stagger.他提起沉重的箱子,打个趔趄就走了.
We can't hold the two meetings at the same time; we must stagger them.这两个会不能同时开, 得错一下.
Truman allowed him to stagger on for nearly another two years.杜鲁门允许他又硬撑了近两年。
英语六级真题
The average budget for a major kitchen overhaul in 2006, calculates Remodeling magazine, was a staggering $54,000; even a minor improvement cost on average $18,000.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
VERB
蹒跚;摇晃地走
If you stagger, you walk very unsteadily, for example because you are ill or drunk.
例句
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。VERB
勉强维持
If you say that someone or something staggers on, you mean that it is only just succeeds in continuing.
例句
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*府VERB
使震惊;让…大吃一惊
If something staggers you, it surprises you very much.
例句
The whole thing staggers me.整个事件让我震惊。VERB
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.
例句
During the past few years the government has staggered the summer vacation periods for students.在过去几年里，*府将学生放暑假的时间相互错开。英汉词典释义
vi.
蹒跚
He staggered to his feet.他摇摇摆摆地站起来。vt.
使…感到震惊[担心]
The difficulty of examination staggered him.考试的难度使他很担心。错开
Our management has decided to stagger our working hour.我们的管理层已决定错开工作时间。英英词典释义
Noun
1. an unsteady uneven gait
Verb
1. walk as if unable to control one's movements;
"The drunken man staggered into the room"2. walk with great difficulty;
"He staggered along in the heavy snow"3. to arrange in a systematic order;
"stagger the chairs in the lecture hall"4. astound or overwhelm, as with shock;
"She was staggered with bills after she tried to rebuild her house following the earthquake"行业词典
体育： 前伸角；斜罩；摇摆；
铁道： 拉出值；
