mid-15c., "walk unsteadily, reel" (intransitive), altered from stakeren (early 14c.), from a Scandinavian source (compare Old Danish stagra, Old Norse stakra "to push, shove, cause to reel," also "to stumble, stagger," perhaps literally "hit with a stick," from Proto-Germanic *stakon- "a stake," from PIE *steg- (1) "pole, stick." Cognate with Dutch staggelen "to stagger," German staggeln "to stammer." Transitive sense of "bewilder, amaze" first recorded 1550s; that of "arrange in a zig-zag pattern" is from 1856. Related: Staggered; staggering.
权威例句
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. Our management has decided to stagger our working hour.
我们的管理层已决定错开工作时间.
3. The unexpected blow did not stagger his resolution.
这个意外打击并没有动摇他的决心.
4. Stagger and stumble suggest unsteady or uncontrolledmovement.
stagger和stumble均指不稳的或身不由己的动作.
5. We can't hold the two meetings at the same time; we must stagger them.