vi.

1. 搖搖晃晃，蹣跚而行
   I saw a drunk staggering up the street.

   我看到一個醉漢在街上蹣跚而行。

2. 猶豫，動搖；畏縮
   The young lady staggered a moment, and then stepped forward.

   那位年輕女郎稍稍猶豫了一下，然後就走上前去。

3. 堅持進行[（+on/along）]
   Education, however, has managed to stagger on in spite of these pleasant diversions.

   不過，娛樂歸娛樂，教育還是照樣進行不誤。

vt.

1. 使搖晃，使蹣跚
   The boy was staggered by the blow.

   那男孩給揍得搖搖晃晃。

2. 使猶豫（或畏縮）
   The difficulties of the examination did not stagger him.

   考試的難度並沒有使他畏縮。

3. 使吃驚；壓倒[H]
   He was staggered by the news of his father's death.

   他父親去世的消息令他非常震驚。

4. 使錯開，交錯安排[H]
   The work shifts at the factory are staggered.

   這家工廠的作業班是錯開的。

n.

1. 搖晃，蹣跚[C]
   He gave a stagger on hearing the news.

   他聽到這一消息兩腿搖晃起來。

2. （家畜）暈倒症[P][J]
3. 交錯安排（法）[C]

v.

1. walk or move unsteadily, as if about to fall.
   ▸ continue in existence or operation uncertainly:

   the treasury staggered from one crisis to the next.
2. astonish or shock.
3. spread over a period of time.
4. arrange (objects or parts) so that they are not in line.
5. archaic waver or hesitate.

n.

1. an act of staggering.
2. (the stagger) the staggered arrangement of the runners on a track at the start of a race.