单词 | staggering |
释义 | staggering From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishstaggeringstag‧ger‧ing /ˈstæɡərɪŋ/ adjectiveSURPRISEDextremely great or surprising SYN amazing The cost was a staggering $10 million. The financial impact on the town was staggering.► see thesaurus at surprising —staggeringly adverb a staggeringly beautiful landscapeExamples from the Corpusstaggering• In Newcastle, the waiting list is a staggering 10,000, with 800 families on the homeless list.• Apparently, we spend a staggering £2.4 billion a year on food for our pets.• He recently left Wimbledon for Manchester City for a staggering £2.5 million.• A staggering $3 trillion was spent in building the U.S. nuclear arsenal.• In Islington, 127,000 people registered, and there have been 75,000 summonses and a staggering 70,000 liability orders.• Each washing machine cycle, for example, takes a staggering 90 litres, while flushing the toilet uses another nine.• In 1988 the drop-out rate reached a staggering 92 percent.• The success of Marxism in the modern world is quite staggering.• The results of the survey were staggering - over half the children said that they went to school without any breakfast.• Paul had been awkward, but at the promise of a staggering reward, he'd complied.• a staggering rise in crime• Who knows, the evergreen Martina Navratilova may now be poised to add to her staggering total of more than 160 major titles. |
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