stagger

verb

1. 摇摇晃晃地走；蹒跚；踉跄
   to walk with weak unsteady steps, as if you are about to fall
   1. The injured woman staggered to her feet.
      受伤的女人摇摇晃晃地站起身来。
   2. He staggered home, drunk.
      他喝醉酒，踉跄着回了家。
   3. We seem to stagger from one crisis to the next.
      我们仿佛在接连不断的危机中举步维艰。
   4. The company is staggering under the weight of a £10m debt.
      公司在1 000万英镑债务的重压下步履艰难。
   5. I managed to stagger the last few steps.
      我好不容易跌跌撞撞走了这最后几步。
2. 使震惊；使大吃一惊
   to shock or surprise sb very much
   1. Her remarks staggered me.
      她的话让我震惊。
   2. It staggers me that the government is doing nothing about it.
      政府对此竟然不采取任何措施，我觉得不可思议。
3. 使交错；使错开
   to arrange for events that would normally happen at the same time to start or happen at different times
   1. There were so many runners that they had to stagger the start.
      参加赛跑的选手很多，他们不得不把起跑的时间错开。

1. VERB 蹒跚;摇晃地走
   If you stagger, 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。
2. VERB 勉强维持
   If you say that someone or something staggers 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
3. VERB 使震惊;让…大吃一惊
   If something staggers you, it surprises you very much.
   1. The whole thing staggers me.
      整个事件让我震惊。
4. 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.
   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。
5. See also: staggering

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。
3. Truman allowed him to stagger on for nearly another two years.
   杜鲁门允许他又硬撑了近两年。
4. The whole thing staggers me.
   整个事件让我震惊。
5. 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。
6. 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。
7. We should stagger the three ball games.
   三场球赛应错开进行。
8. When preparing for a concert, the musicians are reminded by their conductor to stagger their breathing.
   准备一个音乐会时，休闲实用。指挥会提醒音乐家交错的呼吸。
9. However, if you stagger and overlap multiple evolutions, then you can effectively manipulate the phases.
   然而，如果您交错并重叠多个演进，那么您可以有效地操纵这些阶段。
10. The waves were high and made the people on the ship stagger when they walked.
    浪很大，船上的人走起路来都摇摇晃晃的。
11. The drunkard stagger across the road.
    醉汉摇摇摆摆地过马路。
12. Our management has decided to stagger our working hour.
    我们的管理部门已决定错开工作时间。
13. I would not seek your nomination for the Presidency because the burdens of that office stagger the imagination.
    我本不愿意寻求总统提名，因为那个职位的压力是难以想象的。
14. We had to stagger the lunch hour so that there is always someone on the switchboard.
    我们得将用餐时间错开，这样才能保证总机总有人值班。
15. Here's the hardest part of the job. The task is one to stagger the imagination.
    这儿是工作的最艰巨部分。这个任务的艰巨是难于想象的。
16. Measuring of stagger value is one of the most important items in dynamic testing of contact wire.
    拉出值测量是接触网动态检测中最重要的项目之一。
17. I saw the injured man stagger away like someone drunk.
    我看见那个受伤的人像个喝醉了酒的人似的摇摇晃晃地走了。
18. Grandma managed to stagger upstairs.
    奶奶好不容易地摇摇晃晃地上了楼。
19. 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。
20. Without light, they grope in the dark and stagger like drunkards.
    在无光的黑暗中摸索，踉跄犹如醉汉。
21. Can consider whether to stagger off the North and the South?
    是否可以考虑南北方错开休假？
22. He would stagger back to his desk and collapse there, useless for the rest of the morning.
    他会步履蹒跚地走回讲台，然后瘫软在那里，一个上午都缓不过劲来。
23. In order to avoid pressure on the Internet, we'd better stagger our Internet surfing times.
    为了避免网络堵塞，我们最好错开上网时间。
24. Research of Coded Signal Pulse Compression and Stagger MTI
    编码信号脉冲压缩和参差MTI的研究
25. In this case the tail end of Xianning Road East, and the integration of a temperature relative stagger.
    本案在咸宁大道东部尾端，与咸温结合部相对错开。
26. They stagger the shifts so that the workers always have a decent break.
    他们错开轮班时间，以便工人们有适当的休息时间。
27. I was so tired I could hardly stagger to my feet.
    我太累了，摇摇晃晃的都站不稳了。
28. Dixon had been showing a disposition to tremble and stagger.
    狄克逊表现出容易发抖和摇晃。
29. The school was so crowded they had to stagger the classes.
    这所学校如此拥挤，他们只得错开上课。

  walk pace plod stagger stride toddle totter【导航词义：行走】

  walk v. 走，步行

〔辨析〕指行走的最普通用词，通常后接副词或介词。

  pace v. 踱步，走动

〔辨析〕尤指因紧张、担忧、不耐烦等而来回踱步。

  plod v. 沉重缓慢地走

〔辨析〕指脚步缓慢、步履艰难地行走。

  stagger v. 蹒跚，摇摇晃晃地走

〔辨析〕通常指因虚弱、负重、醉酒等而导致身体失去平衡或行走失态，强调不稳定性和失控性。

  stride v. 〈书〉大踏步走

〔辨析〕强调步子大而有力，往往伴有或显露出匆忙、自傲、精力充沛等状态。

  toddle v. 蹒跚行走

〔辨析〕特指幼儿因学步而摇摇晃晃地小步行走。

  totter v. 踉跄，蹒跚

〔辨析〕指尤因醉酒或患病而摇摇晃晃、跌跌撞撞地行走，好像要跌倒似的。

noun

1. an unsteady uneven gait

   Synonym:    lurchstumble

verb

1. to arrange in a systematic order
   1. stagger the chairs in the lecture hall

   Synonym:    distribute

2. astound or overwhelm, as with shock
   1. She was staggered with bills after she tried to rebuild her house following the earthquake

3. walk as if unable to control one's movements
   1. The drunken man staggered into the room

   Synonym:    reelkeellurchswagcareen

4. walk with great difficulty
   1. He staggered along in the heavy snow

   Synonym:    flounder