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

• 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。
• Analysis on Transmission Tower Toppling Caused by Icing Disaster in 2008
  2008年输电线路冰灾倒塔原因分析
• 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。
• Video footage showed an explosion off to the side, with some runners toppling over from the concussion.
  现场影像片段显示，爆炸在赛场一侧发生，有些运动员受到冲击摔倒。
• 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。
• It was closed in1990 when experts said it risked toppling over.
  1990年，斜塔停止向公众开放，专家们说它有倒塌的危险。
• 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。
• Police say the blast today at the Glorietta shopping center in the Makati business district caused extensive damage, toppling roofs, destroying walls and sending debris crashing onto cars outside.
  警方说，星期五发生在马卡蒂商业区格劳利埃塔购物中心的爆炸造成了大面积损坏；爆炸炸塌了屋顶，毁坏了墙壁，将碎片散落到外面的汽车上。
• Shattered glass and toppling masonry.
  玻璃碎成碴儿，砖石建筑坍塌下来。