topple
美 [?tɑp(?)l] 
英 [?t?p(?)l]
詞形變化
第三人稱單數：topples 現在分詞：toppling 過去式：toppled 同義詞
英漢雙解
1. | [i][t] （使）失去平衡而墜落，倒塌，倒下to become unsteady and fall down; to make sth do this |
| The pile of books toppled over. 那一摞書倒了。 |
| He brushed past, toppling her from her stool. 他經過時蹭了她一下，使她從凳子上摔了下來。 |
2. | [t] ~ sb/sth 打倒；推翻；顛覆to make sb lose their position of power or authority |
| a plot to topple the President 推翻總統的陰謀 |
英漢解釋
v. | 1. (高的東西)搖擺,搖搖欲墜,倒塌;搖動,推倒,推翻 |
英英解釋
例句
Georgian officials linked the reported coup attempt to Russia, and said it was intended to topple President Mikael Saakashvili.
格魯吉亞官員認為政變意圖跟俄羅斯有關，指俄羅斯有意推翻格魯吉亞總統薩卡什維利。
And I won't even [need to] explain to you how it was when he was in great form. . . Then, he would topple a match all by himself.
我更不用向你們解釋，他狀態好的時候是什麼樣子……那時，他一個人就能搞定比賽。
Some Gazans fear it is a ruse to lull them into a sense of false security before Israel's tanks roll back and try again to topple Hamas.
一些加沙人擔心這一切是誘使他們獲得虛假安全感的詭計，隨后以軍坦克便滾滾而來，再次推翻哈馬斯政權。
It starts to slightly wobble, and the screen goes black after it begins a HARD WOBBLE as if it is about to topple, not correct itself.
它開始輕微搖晃，就在它開始大幅度搖晃像要倒下而不是校準自身時，屏幕就變黑了。
The next election is not due until 2012, and a fractious opposition seems unable to topple his minority government.
因為下屆選舉要到2012年，而且反對派似乎也無力推倒他的少數黨政府。
First, we see that it is possible to topple a hated regime without resorting to a civil war.
第一，我們發現不通過發動內戰的方法是有可能推翻一個令人厭惡的政權的。
Information is not enough to topple regimes, but in the end, regimes that fight the openness of information are doomed to fail, he said.
“信息不足以推翻政權，但最終，那些打擊信息公開化的政權注定會走向失敗”，他說。
Wise to resign now than later otherwise it's just a matter of time that oppositions topple their government and label them as dictators.
（李光耀）現在辭職比以后下臺民智。反對他的（威權）政府和被認定為獨裁者只是個時間問題。
Opposition parties which had pushed for the no-confidence motion emphasised that they would continue to seek to topple Mr Kan.
推動不信任案的幾個反對黨強調稱，他們將繼續尋求推翻菅直人。
He slapped his knee and began to topple from his seat .
他拍膝蓋，開始在座位上昏昏沉沉地倒下去。
Across the country, al-Qaeda cells are trying to topple the government and bring about a Muslim caliphate in the region.
全國各地，基地組織的布建單位試圖推翻政府并要在當地建立穆斯林哈里發轄區。
The arrests are part of a year-long police investigation into allegations the opposition is conspiring to topple the government.
一年來警方一年以來一直在調查有關反對黨陰謀推翻政府的指控，這些逮捕是這個調查的一部分。
Asked who the attackers were, he said they were local residents who wanted to topple the Libyan leader.
問及襲擊者的身份，他說是那些想推翻利比亞當局的本地居民。
Palpatine cried out for help, calling Mace a traitor, and explaining how the Jedi had engineered a coup to topple the Republic's leadership.
帕爾帕廷高聲求救，聲稱溫杜是叛徒，而絕地要密謀推翻共和國的領袖。
that it is far easier for soldiers to topple an elected government than to manage their own exit from the front of the political stage.
推翻一個民選政府相當容易，讓他們自己從政治舞臺的第一線退出卻很難。
They said it would not end quickly but that the objective was not to reoccupy Gaza or topple Hamas.
他們表示，戰事不會很快結束，但目標并非要重新占領加沙，或者推翻哈馬斯。
Indeed, all of corporate America's dominoes were lined up, ready to topple at lightning speed.
事實上，所有美國公司的多米諾骨牌都已排列成行，準備以閃電般的速度倒下。
He looked like a pugilist who had taken a blow to the head and was about to topple.
現在看起來，他就像頭部遭到重擊的拳擊手，眼看著就要倒下了。
In one of his poems he wrote, "An ant tries to topple a giant tree, ridiculously overrating its ability. "
他的一首詩中寫到：“蚍蜉撼大樹，可笑不自量。”（螞蟻高估了自己的能力，竟然想推倒大樹，十分可笑。
The 4-wheel drive flies over the rims of the dunes at such precarious angles that for a moment you feel the jeep will topple over.
4輪驅動蒼蠅在輪緣的沙丘在這種不穩定的角度，對于一個時刻你覺得吉普車將倒下。
There might be gross breaches of the Agreement that could topple the military balance it ratified .
可能出現推翻協定所規定的軍事力量平衡的嚴重行為。
Before he died, he afraid sky will topple, so he prop his hand to hold the sky.
臨死前，他怕天在倒塌下來，撐開了巨掌，高高舉起，把他牢牢地擎注。
Today there are too many media models sashaying along the publishing catwalk, many destined to topple off the end of the runway.
今天有太多的媒體模型都在爭過出版界的獨木橋，而其中注定會有不少在到達跑道終點之前便會敗下陣來。
Thus, during transitions, revolutionary entrepreneurs can seize the moment to topple a shaky new regime.
因此，在政權過渡階段，革命領導者能夠抓住時機顛覆脆弱的新政權。
All the members of the committee agreed to topple their chairman from His post.
委員會所有的成員都同意讓主席下臺。
The cracks fill with water and slice off and topple. . . That gets to be a runaway situation.
伴隨充滿水的裂縫越來越大，冰塊轟然倒塌……這是一種無法控制的局面。
Late in January two men were executed after being accused of trying to topple the government.
1月末兩人因被控意圖推翻政府被處決。
Striving megalomaniacs like Zuckerberg weren't the only ones eager to topple Google's model of the open Web.
努力奮斗，就像Zuckerberg不是僅有的想要推翻Google的開放網頁模型的人。
Silicon Valley is founded on this notion, that kids in a garage can build something that will topple the existing order.
而硅谷也是建立在這個理念之上，孩子們可以在一個車庫里創造出推翻現有秩序的東西。
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez vows to defend Bolivia if there is an attempt to topple President Evo Morales .
委內瑞拉總統查韋斯誓言保衛玻利維亞有企圖整垮演化總統莫拉萊斯。
The rebels are a mixed group, but all share the desire to topple their country's longtime ruler.
叛軍是個混合組，但都有共同的愿望，推翻他們的國家的長期統治者。
I remember parliamentarians being taken to court charged with attempt to topple a government.
我記得議員以企圖顛覆政府為由遭起訴。
In making this decision the allies could well have lost the war, as Germany saw an opportunity to topple Allies, Soviets and Yuri alike.
在作出這一決定的盟國可能已經輸掉了戰爭，德國看到了機會，推翻盟國，蘇聯和尤里一樣的。
As experience has shown, if an event is large enough to topple reinsurers, it generally topples several at a time, and not just one.
以往的經驗顯示，如果一起事件的損失大到足以使再保險公司破產，通常都會導致若干再保險公司破產，而不僅僅是一家。
In 1961, a CIA-trained force made an unsuccessful attempt to land at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba and topple Fidel Castro.
1961年，一支美國中情局訓練的小分隊試圖登陸古巴的豬灣，顛覆卡斯特羅政權。
Izurieta knew that intelligence operators had previously deployed disinformation to topple a democratically elected government in Guatemala.
伊蘇列塔知道，情報人員以前靠散布假情報推翻過一個危地馬拉的民選政府。
They revolted, attempting to topple the Conservative minority government and form a coalition to replace it.
這些政黨于是奮起反抗，企圖顛覆這個保守黨的少數派政府，然后取而代之成立聯合政府。
Part boxing, part judo, they are taught to use speed and power to topple their opponent and then deliver a crippling blow to his throat.
一半靠拳擊、一半靠柔道，他們學習利用速度和力度把對手擊倒，再對喉嚨進行致命的一擊。
But with all these new contenders cutting into its marketshare, it may never topple IE from its throne after all.
隨著其他新競爭者搶奪它的市場份額，Firefox或許無法將IE拉下馬。
The political situation here in unstable. And Colonel Volgin is a member of the Brezhnev faction which seeks to topple my government.
我國的政治局勢并不穩定，并且Volgin又是準備推翻我政權的博列日涅夫派系的人。
