toppling

英 [ˈtɒplɪŋ]

美 [ˈtɑːplɪŋ]

v.  (使)失去平衡而坠落，倒塌，倒下; 打倒; 推翻; 颠覆
topple的现在分词

现在分词：toppling　

BNC.39452 / COCA.30378

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

双语例句

• He also calls for toppling Hamas.
  他还呼吁推翻哈马斯。
• A powerful earthquake rocked the coast of Guatemala and southern Mexico on Wednesday, killing at least 48 people and toppling buildings in poor neighborhoods.
  周三，危地马拉沿海地区和墨西哥南部地区发生强烈地震，造成至少48人死亡，贫困地区大量房屋倒塌。
• Securing water heaters, major appliances and tall, heavy furniture to prevent them from toppling are prudent steps.
  保证热水器、大家电、高大沉重的家具不会倒塌。
• He asked each applicant how close he could drive to a cliff without toppling over.
  他问每个司机能不停地开车到离悬岩边多远的地方。
• A major earthquake rocked a large area of northern Chile on Wednesday, toppling power lines and closing roads.
  一次大地震发生大面积智利北部周三，推翻了电力线路和关闭道路。
• The water could pool dangerously underground, softening the earth and potentially toppling the reactor buildings, he said.
  他说，地下水可能在地下危险地积聚起来，导致土壤变软，可能造成反应堆建筑物倒塌。
• Well-armed rival brigades each claim primacy in toppling Qaddafi, raising the potential for fresh conflicts.
  坐拥武装的不同派别彼此对立，全都声称自己为推翻卡扎菲立下首功，埋下了引发新一轮冲突的可能性。
• The one-two punch toppling buildings and trapping thousands of people.
  在两次地震中倾倒的建筑物里，数以千计的人被困。
• Yet as Syria descends into ever more bloody civil war, critics of the toppling of Saddam Hussein are among those complaining that the international community is standing idly by while Bashar al-Assad continues to slaughter his people.
  但随着叙利亚陷入越来越血腥的内战，当初对推翻萨达姆侯赛因（SaddamHussein）政权持反对意见的批评人士也开始抱怨，眼看着巴沙尔阿萨德（Basharal-Assad）一再屠杀本国百姓，国际社会却在袖手旁观。
• I think toppling the regime would be healthy for that repressed society.
  我认为对压迫民众的社会来说，推翻他们的政权是一剂良药。