topple
美 [ˈtɑp(ə)l] 
英 [ˈtɒp(ə)l]
词形变化
第三人称单数：topples 现在分词：toppling 过去式：toppled 同义词
英汉双解
1. | [i][t] （使）失去平衡而坠落，倒塌，倒下to become unsteady and fall down; to make sth do this |
| The pile of books toppled over. 那一摞书倒了。 |
| 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。 |
2. | [t] ~ sb/sth 打倒；推翻；颠覆to make sb lose their position of power or authority |
| a plot to topple the President 推翻总统的阴谋 |
英汉解释
v. | 1. (高的东西)摇摆,摇摇欲坠,倒塌;摇动,推倒,推翻 |
英英解释
例句
Georgian officials linked the reported coup attempt to Russia, and said it was intended to topple President Mikael Saakashvili.
格鲁吉亚官员认为政变意图跟俄罗斯有关，指俄罗斯有意推翻格鲁吉亚总统萨卡什维利。
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.
我更不用向你们解释，他状态好的时候是什麽样子……那时，他一个人就能搞定比赛。
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.
一些加沙人担心这一切是诱使他们获得虚假安全感的诡计，随后以军坦克便滚滚而来，再次推翻哈马斯政权。
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.
它开始轻微摇晃，就在它开始大幅度摇晃像要倒下而不是校准自身时，屏幕就变黑了。
The next election is not due until 2012, and a fractious opposition seems unable to topple his minority government.
因为下届选举要到2012年，而且反对派似乎也无力推倒他的少数党政府。
First, we see that it is possible to topple a hated regime without resorting to a civil war.
第一，我们发现不通过发动内战的方法是有可能推翻一个令人厌恶的政权的。
Information is not enough to topple regimes, but in the end, regimes that fight the openness of information are doomed to fail, he said.
“信息不足以推翻政权，但最终，那些打击信息公开化的政权注定会走向失败”，他说。
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）现在辞职比以后下台民智。反对他的（威权）政府和被认定为独裁者只是个时间问题。
Opposition parties which had pushed for the no-confidence motion emphasised that they would continue to seek to topple Mr Kan.
推动不信任案的几个反对党强调称，他们将继续寻求推翻菅直人。
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。
Across the country, al-Qaeda cells are trying to topple the government and bring about a Muslim caliphate in the region.
全国各地，基地组织的布建单位试图推翻政府并要在当地建立穆斯林哈里发辖区。
The arrests are part of a year-long police investigation into allegations the opposition is conspiring to topple the government.
一年来警方一年以来一直在调查有关反对党阴谋推翻政府的指控，这些逮捕是这个调查的一部分。
Asked who the attackers were, he said they were local residents who wanted to topple the Libyan leader.
问及袭击者的身份，他说是那些想推翻利比亚当局的本地居民。
Palpatine cried out for help, calling Mace a traitor, and explaining how the Jedi had engineered a coup to topple the Republic's leadership.
帕尔帕廷高声求救，声称温杜是叛徒，而绝地要密谋推翻共和国的领袖。
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.
推翻一个民选政府相当容易，让他们自己从政治舞台的第一线退出却很难。
They said it would not end quickly but that the objective was not to reoccupy Gaza or topple Hamas.
他们表示，战事不会很快结束，但目标并非要重新占领加沙，或者推翻哈马斯。
Indeed, all of corporate America's dominoes were lined up, ready to topple at lightning speed.
事实上，所有美国公司的多米诺骨牌都已排列成行，准备以闪电般的速度倒下。
He looked like a pugilist who had taken a blow to the head and was about to topple.
现在看起来，他就像头部遭到重击的拳击手，眼看着就要倒下了。
In one of his poems he wrote, "An ant tries to topple a giant tree, ridiculously overrating its ability. "
他的一首诗中写到：“蚍蜉撼大树，可笑不自量。”（蚂蚁高估了自己的能力，竟然想推倒大树，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轮驱动苍蝇在轮缘的沙丘在这种不稳定的角度，对于一个时刻你觉得吉普车将倒下。
There might be gross breaches of the Agreement that could topple the military balance it ratified .
可能出现推翻协定所规定的军事力量平衡的严重行为。
Before he died, he afraid sky will topple, so he prop his hand to hold the sky.
临死前，他怕天在倒塌下来，撑开了巨掌，高高举起，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.
今天有太多的媒体模型都在争过出版界的独木桥，而其中注定会有不少在到达跑道终点之前便会败下阵来。
Thus, during transitions, revolutionary entrepreneurs can seize the moment to topple a shaky new regime.
因此，在政权过渡阶段，革命领导者能够抓住时机颠覆脆弱的新政权。
All the members of the committee agreed to topple their chairman from His post.
委员会所有的成员都同意让主席下台。
The cracks fill with water and slice off and topple. . . That gets to be a runaway situation.
伴随充满水的裂缝越来越大，冰块轰然倒塌……这是一种无法控制的局面。
Late in January two men were executed after being accused of trying to topple the government.
1月末两人因被控意图推翻政府被处决。
Striving megalomaniacs like Zuckerberg weren't the only ones eager to topple Google's model of the open Web.
努力奋斗，就像Zuckerberg不是仅有的想要推翻Google的开放网页模型的人。
Silicon Valley is founded on this notion, that kids in a garage can build something that will topple the existing order.
而硅谷也是建立在这个理念之上，孩子们可以在一个车库里创造出推翻现有秩序的东西。
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez vows to defend Bolivia if there is an attempt to topple President Evo Morales .
委内瑞拉总统查韦斯誓言保卫玻利维亚有企图整垮演化总统莫拉莱斯。
The rebels are a mixed group, but all share the desire to topple their country's longtime ruler.
叛军是个混合组，但都有共同的愿望，推翻他们的国家的长期统治者。
I remember parliamentarians being taken to court charged with attempt to topple a government.
我记得议员以企图颠覆政府为由遭起诉。
In making this decision the allies could well have lost the war, as Germany saw an opportunity to topple Allies, Soviets and Yuri alike.
在作出这一决定的盟国可能已经输掉了战争，德国看到了机会，推翻盟国，苏联和尤里一样的。
As experience has shown, if an event is large enough to topple reinsurers, it generally topples several at a time, and not just one.
以往的经验显示，如果一起事件的损失大到足以使再保险公司破产，通常都会导致若干再保险公司破产，而不仅仅是一家。
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，一支美国中情局训练的小分队试图登陆古巴的猪湾，颠覆卡斯特罗政权。
Izurieta knew that intelligence operators had previously deployed disinformation to topple a democratically elected government in Guatemala.
伊苏列塔知道，情报人员以前靠散布假情报推翻过一个危地马拉的民选政府。
They revolted, attempting to topple the Conservative minority government and form a coalition to replace it.
这些政党于是奋起反抗，企图颠覆这个保守党的少数派政府，然后取而代之成立联合政府。
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.
一半靠拳击、一半靠柔道，他们学习利用速度和力度把对手击倒，再对喉咙进行致命的一击。
But with all these new contenders cutting into its marketshare, it may never topple IE from its throne after all.
随着其他新竞争者抢夺它的市场份额，Firefox或许无法将IE拉下马。
The political situation here in unstable. And Colonel Volgin is a member of the Brezhnev faction which seeks to topple my government.
我国的政治局势并不稳定，并且Volgin又是准备推翻我政权的博列日涅夫派系的人。
