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单词 staggeringly
释义
staggeringly
adverb
uk
/ˈstæɡ.ər.ɪŋ.li/us
/ˈstæɡ.ɚ.ɪŋ.li/
in a way that is veryshockingorsurprising:
staggeringlyexpensive
His newwifeis staggeringlybeautiful.
Staggeringly, Henry hasscoredseventimesin his last twohomegames.
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  • Unemploymentratesremainstaggeringly high.
  • Thelieutenantis a staggeringlyannoyingmoron.
  • Staggeringly, some nowbelieveprostatecanceraffectsone in three over theageof 50.
  • Staggeringly, there are more than 7,000peopleondeathrowin thecountry.
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(Definition ofstaggeringlyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofstaggeringly

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Though the sustainability of a society without those prohibitions isstaggeringlyunlikely, it is not logically impossible.
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Political structures were apparently in place to overcome the competition among the various lineages and orchestrate a building campaign withstaggeringlyimpressive visual effects.
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Perhaps the most graphic indicator of its flaws is thestaggeringlyhigh drop-out rate, the customers voting with their feet.
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But even taking that into account the figure wasstaggeringlyhigh.
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It was astaggeringlysuccessful event and there were three very good elements.
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Moreover, the participation rate in the pilots was up significantly—staggeringlyso.
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In some of the big towns the figures arestaggeringlybad.
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In 1997, there were 1,032,000; last year,staggeringly, there were 1,120,000.
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Staggeringly, it appears that not everybody takes the moral and lawful duty equally seriously.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
The region isstaggeringlybeautiful, but it is not hard to see that tourism this year is unlikely to be substantial.
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Comparative figures for survival in the five-year period following diagnosis show it to bestaggeringlybad.
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The numbers have increasedstaggeringlyduring the past 10 or 12 years and will continue to do so while quality is maintained.
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Indeed, £47 million is astaggeringlyhigh proportion of a total rate support grant contribution of £158 million.
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Under their new guise as comprehensive schools, these former grammar schools are producing examination results which arestaggeringlysatisfactory.
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In 1976–77, it reached astaggeringlylow figure—the lowest since 1940.
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