staggering

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishstaggeringstag‧ger‧ing /ˈstæɡərɪŋ/ adjective SURPRISEDextremely 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.

单词	staggering
释义	staggering From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishstaggeringstag‧ger‧ing /ˈstæɡərɪŋ/ adjective SURPRISEDextremely 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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