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

• 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 result saw a familiar pattern from angry middle class revolts from Venezuela to the Philippines, in which these groups disdained elections and fought back in the streets, toppling Mr Thaksin, in a coup in 2006.
  其结果是，这些群体蔑视选举结果，走上街头进行反击，并在2006年以一场军事政变推翻了他信政府。这与委内瑞拉和菲律宾等国愤怒的中产阶级起来反抗的情景十分相似。
• 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。
• Most casualties result from partial building collapse and falling objects and debris, like toppling chimneys, falling bricks, ceiling plaster, and light fixtures.
  大多数伤亡是由建筑物的坍塌以及物体和建筑物残骸坠落造成。比如，倒塌的烟囱、落下的砖头、天花板上的泥块以及灯具等。
• 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。
• 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。
• Experimental study on failure mechanism of high slope-rock anchor cable under condition of strong-unloading and toppling fractured rock mass
  强卸荷、倾倒拉裂破碎岩体条件下高边坡岩锚破坏性试验研究
• He also calls for toppling Hamas.
  他还呼吁推翻哈马斯。
• The Sudanese government has charged that the 16-month-old rebellion in Darfur is aimed at toppling the government.
  苏丹政府说，十六个月前在达尔富尔地区开始的反叛活动，目的是要推翻政府。
• Shattered glass and toppling masonry.
  玻璃碎成碴儿，砖石建筑坍塌下来。