staggers

英 [ˈstæɡəz]

美 [ˈstæɡərz]

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的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 蹒跚;摇晃地走
  If youstagger, you walk very unsteadily, for example because you are ill or drunk.
  1. 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。
  2. 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 somethingstaggers on, you mean that it is only just succeeds in continuing.
  1. Truman allowed him to stagger on for nearly another two years.
     杜鲁门允许他又硬撑了近两年。
  2. ...a government that staggered from crisis to crisis.
     在一次又一次危机中勉强维持的政府
• VERB 使震惊;让…大吃一惊
  If somethingstaggersyou, it surprises you very much.
  1. The whole thing staggers me.
     整个事件让我震惊。
• VERB 使(假期或工作时间)错开
  Tostaggerthings such as people's holidays or hours of work means to arrange them so that they do not all happen at the same time.
  1. 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。
• See also:staggering

英英释义

noun

• a disease of the central nervous system affecting especially horses and cattle
  Synonym:blind staggers

双语例句

• The old man with his basket of books staggers out of the door.
  老人挎着书篮，蹒跚地走出门去。
• The flood control effect of reservoir is well notable, because it can store the flood, cuts down the flood peak flow rate and staggers the flood peak of down stream.
  利用水库调蓄洪水，消减洪峰流量，并与下游区间洪水错峰，防洪作用十分显著。
• It's a fantastic task that staggers the imagination.
  那是件令人难以想像的艰巨伟大的工作。
• How the soul sinks, the heart grows sick, and the faith staggers under the keen trials and testings which come into our lives in times of special bereavement and suffering.
  这句话是何等重大的考验关头，当我们受到了特别的痛苦和丧失的时候，我们的灵何其之消沉，我们的心又是何等的悲痛，我们的信心如何在试炼中发生摇动。
• A drunk staggers into a Catholic Church, enters a confessional box, sits down but says nothing.
  一个醉汉跌跌撞撞走进一个天主教堂的告解室里，坐下却一言不发。
• So long as Europe staggers along, most important to the continuing outlook, says Julian callow, of Barclays Capital, is that Congress extends the payroll tax cut, due to expire at the end of 2011.
  巴克莱资本（barclayscapital）的朱利安卡罗（juliancallow）表示，只要欧洲继续增长乏力，对美国未来前景最为重要的是，国会延长将于2011年底到期的薪资税削减政策。
• You can also use the shields to "bash" enemies, which staggers them.
  你可以用盾来“猛击”敌人，使它们失去平衡。
• Strikingly sallow hair staggers down the average male derro's shoulders, matted with grime and grease, while anaemic moustaches or short beards often adorn their faces.
  男性迪洛矮人总是肩膀上披散一头蜡黄色头发，乱蓬蓬的，布满污垢和油脂，留着八字胡和短胡须。
• It staggers my mind to think that such a plan for murder could have been hatched in a human brain.
  我一想到这样一个谋杀计划竟然能在人类的头脑里想出来，心里不由得发毛。
• Analysis of Bearing Load of an Inline Six Staggers Crankshaft
  直列六拐曲轴轴承负荷的分析