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

• A crisis which threatens to topple the government.
  使政府有垮台之虞的危机。
• Two of the more exciting scenarios let players take charge of the forces struggling to topple civilization.
  两个更加精彩的剧本让玩家控制可以颠覆文明的力量。
• Again hard before person also can topple, this is worldly still have adamancy, can in distressed country I see?
  原来再坚硬的人也会倒下，这世间还有坚强吗，在忧伤的国度我可以看见吗？
• 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。
• There are Rightists in every city and they want to topple us.
  每一个城市都有一些右派，这些右派是要打倒我们的。
• 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。
• Ramadan pointed out that america's plan to topple the regime of a country, which found no precedent in the modern history of the world, would constitute a threat to all the regimes that Washington did not like.
  拉马丹指出，美国计划推翻一个国家的政权，这在世界现代史上是没有先例的现象，这种情况对所有华盛顿不喜欢的政权都构成威胁。
• China had backed Western efforts to topple the Taliban and rebuild the Afghan state, but confined itself to a role of supporting regional stability through mainly economic means.
  中国支持西方推翻塔利班和帮助阿富汗重建的努力，但迄今将自己的作用局限于主要通过经济手段支持地区稳定。
• How can we topple the chief from his position of trust?
  我们怎样才能把主任从他的位置上赶下台？
• 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。