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

• 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。
• He also calls for toppling Hamas.
  他还呼吁推翻哈马斯。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Shattered glass and toppling masonry.
  玻璃碎成碴儿，砖石建筑坍塌下来。
• Numerical simulation of toppling rock mass deformation in the right dam abutment of a hydropower station on the Lancang River
  澜沧江某水电站右坝肩岩体倾倒变形的数值模拟
• 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
• 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
• Arguably, the toppling of Saddam Hussein has allowed Iran to become the dominant regional power, exerting influence through the Shia government in Baghdad.
  或许，萨达姆侯赛因的倒台使伊朗成为了地区霸主，并通过巴格达的什叶派政府施加影响力。