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VERB
蹣跚;搖晃地走
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，撞到欄桿摔倒了。
He was staggering and had to lean on the bar.
他走路搖搖晃晃，不得不靠在吧臺上。
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VERB
勉強維持
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.
杜魯門允許他又硬撐了近兩年。
...a government that staggered from crisis to crisis.
在一次又一次危機中勉強維持的政府
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VERB
使震驚;讓…大吃一驚
If something staggers you, it surprises you very much.
例句
The whole thing staggers me.
整個事件讓我震驚。
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VERB
使(假期或工作時間)錯開
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.
在過去幾年里，政府將學生放暑假的時間相互錯開。