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

• A last-minute cancellation on a rush order for military hardware cost us a staggering$ 1200.
  有一张军用器械的紧张定单在最后一分钟取消了，使我们损失了1200美元。
• I find their decision simply staggering.
  我觉得他们的决定简直太惊人了。
• 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。
• That's a staggering rate of failure.
  这是一个惊人的失败率。
• A handful of people took staggering risks with America's largest financial institutions.
  一小撮人使美国最大的金融机构承担了巨大的风险。
• Sandel swayed, but did not fall, staggering back to the ropes and holding on.
  桑德尔摇摆了一下，没有摔倒，蹒跚地退到绳子旁边就支撑住了。
• My master will not have on his conscience the staggering burden of needless bloodshed or of having avenged himself.
  我主现在若不亲手报仇，流无辜人的血，到了耶和华所应许你的话赐福与你，立你作以色列的王，那时我主必不至心里不安，觉得良心有亏。
• 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 last week, investors received an even more staggering set of numbers.
  近来，投资者收到了一系列更惊人的数据。
• 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。