Surprised so much that you can hardly react — the strongest everyday word for surprise. If 'surprised' is a small step back, staggered is being knocked off your feet. The picture inside the word is a person hit so hard they cannot walk straight.

Surprised so much that you can hardly react驚訝到幾乎反應不過來 — the strongest everyday word for surprise是日常生活裡表示驚訝最強烈的字。If 'surprised' is a small step back如果 surprised 是往後退一小步，staggered那 staggered is being knocked off your feet就是整個人被打得站不穩、跌倒。The picture inside the word這個字裡的畫面 is a person hit so hard they cannot walk straight是一個人被打得很重、走不成直線的樣子。

Two things about how it is really used. First, it is almost always used AFTER be/look/seem, describing a person: 'I was staggered', 'she looked staggered'. You would not normally say 'a staggered man'.

Two things關於這個字實際的用法 about how it is really used有兩件事。First第一，it這個字 is almost always used AFTER be/look/seem幾乎都接在 be/look/seem 後面用，describing a person用來形容一個人：'I was staggered'像是「我被震驚到了」，'she looked staggered'「她看起來很震驚」。You你 would not normally say 'a staggered man'.通常不會說 'a staggered man'。

Second, it needs a big cause. People are staggered by news, by a price, by an amount, by someone's rudeness or generosity — not by small things. It is usually followed by 'by' (staggered by the cost) or 'at' (staggered at how much it had changed) or by a that-clause ('I was staggered that nobody had noticed').

Second第二，it這個字 needs a big cause需要一個很大的原因。People人 are staggered by news會因為消息而震驚、by a price因為價格、by an amount因為數量、by someone's rudeness or generosity因為某人的無禮或大方——not by small things不會因為小事而震驚。It這個字 is usually followed by 'by'通常後面接 'by'（staggered by the cost因為花費而震驚） or 'at'或接 'at'（staggered at how much it had changed因為變化的程度而震驚） or by a that-clause或接 that 子句（'I was staggered that nobody had noticed'「我很震驚居然沒人注意到」）。

Very often it is used about numbers and money, because those can be genuinely hard to believe. The feeling is usually bad news or unwelcome bigness — staggered by a bill, by a loss — but it works for good surprise too.

Very often常常，it這個字 is used about numbers and money用在數字和金錢上，because those can be genuinely hard to believe因為那些東西真的會讓人難以置信。The feeling這種感覺 is usually bad news or unwelcome bigness通常是壞消息或不受歡迎的龐大——staggered by a bill因為帳單而震驚、by a loss因為損失——but it works for good surprise too不過也可以用在好的驚喜上。

It is a normal, common word, slightly stronger in feeling than 'shocked' about facts, and it is a little more common in British English than American. It leans a bit toward speech and informal writing.

It這個字 is a normal, common word是個普通常見的字，slightly stronger in feeling than 'shocked' about facts描述事實時語氣比 'shocked' 稍微強一點，and it而且 is a little more common in British English than American在英式英文裡比美式英文更常見一點。It這個字 leans a bit toward speech and informal writing比較偏向口語和非正式書寫。

Careful: the same word 'staggered' is also the past of the verb stagger (to walk unsteadily: 'he staggered home') and it can mean arranged at different times so they do not all happen at once ('staggered start times'). Same spelling, three quite different jobs.

Careful要小心：the same word同一個字 'staggered' is also the past of the verb stagger也是動詞 stagger 的過去式（to walk unsteadily意思是走路不穩：'he staggered home'「他搖搖晃晃地走回家」） and it而且 can mean arranged at different times so they do not all happen at once還可以表示「錯開安排、不會同時發生」（'staggered start times'像是「錯開的開始時間」）。Same spelling拼法一樣，three quite different jobs卻有三種完全不同的用法。