topple

英 [ˈtɒpl]

美 [ˈtɑːpl]

v.  (使)失去平衡而坠落，倒塌，倒下; 打倒; 推翻; 颠覆

过去式：toppled　过去分词：toppled　现在分词：toppling　第三人称单数：topples　

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Collins.2 / BNC.9915 / COCA.7503

短语动词

牛津词典

verb

• （使）失去平衡而坠落，倒塌，倒下
  to become unsteady and fall down; to make sth do this
  1. The pile of books toppled over.
     那一摞书倒了。
  2. He brushed past, toppling her from her stool.
     他经过时蹭了她一下，使她从凳子上摔了下来。
• 打倒；推翻；颠覆
  to make sb lose their position of power or authority
  1. a plot to topple the President
     推翻总统的阴谋

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG (使)摇摇欲坠;(使)不稳而倒下
  If someone or somethingtopplessomewhere or if youtopplethem, they become unsteady or unstable and fall over.
  1. He just released his hold and toppled slowly backwards...
     他刚一松开手就缓缓向后倒下。
  2. Winds and rain toppled trees and electricity lines.
     狂风暴雨刮倒了树木，打落了电线。
  3. Topple overmeans the same astopple.
     Topple over 同 topple
  4. The tree is so badly damaged they are worried it might topple over...
     这棵树严重受损，他们担心它会倒掉。
  5. We lost our balance and toppled over on to a table.
     我们失去平衡，倒向一张桌子。
• VERB 推翻;颠覆
  Totopplea government or leader, especially one that is not elected by the people, means to cause them to lose power.
  1. ...the revolution which toppled the regime.
     推翻该政权的革命

英英释义

verb

• fall down, as if collapsing
  1. The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it
  Synonym:tumble
• cause to topple or tumble by pushing
  Synonym:tumbletip

双语例句

• Should an Asian-style crisis strike one of them, contagion is sure to topple others.
  如果一场亚洲式危机侵袭其中的一个国家，其它国家肯定会被传染，并随之倒下。
• A crisis which threatens to topple the government.
  使政府有垮台之虞的危机。
• Libyan rebels are depending heavily on international help in their drive to topple leader Moammar Gadhafi.
  利比亚反对派在推翻领导人卡扎菲的运动中非常仰赖国际的援助。
• Governments will topple and the programmes underpinning international aid will fall apart.
  政府将倒闭，支撑国际援助的项目将崩溃。
• However, if the tree looks impressive but has shallow roots, it will topple during a storm.
  然而，如果那树看起来漂亮却没有深厚的扎根，一遇到风暴就会倒塌。
• Able to topple governments with a single broadcast.
  能够凭一纸新闻颠覆政府。
• He entered Robben Island a militant who had failed to topple a government, but came out as a leader who succeeded in building a new nation on a platform of peace and reconciliation among races.
  他进入罗本岛时还是一个未能推翻政府的激进分子，然而出狱后却成为了一名领袖人物，成功地在种族和平与和谐平台上构建了一个新国家。
• To topple, as from power or a high position; fall.
  下跌因外力或从高处倒下；
• He slapped his knee and began to topple from his seat.
  他拍膝盖，开始在座位上昏昏沉沉地倒下去。
• The general is accused of conniving in a plot to topple the government.
  将军被指控纵容一个颠覆政府的阴谋。