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词汇 topple
释义 topple
verb
uk /ˈtɒp.əl/ us /ˈtɑː.pəl/

toppleverb (FALL)


[ I or T ]
to (cause to) lose balance and fall down: (使)倒下;(使)倒塌
The statue of the dictator was toppled (over) by the crowds.独裁者的雕像被众人推倒了。
The tree toppled and fell.树倒了下来。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Falling and dropping
ass
collapse
collapse under someone's/something's weight
collapse/fall in a heapidiom
cropper
crumple
drop like fliesidiom
drop off
faceplant
fly
knock
knock someone over
let goidiom
mic drop
nosedive
overbalance
parachutist
shower
trip (someone) up
wayside

toppleverb (GOVERNMENT)


[ T ]
to force a leader or government out of power: 推翻(首领),颠覆(政权)
The church was prominently involved in the struggle that toppled the dictatorship.教会在推翻独裁政权的斗争中起了重要的作用。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Taking action against people in power
anarchist
angry young man
anti-apartheid
anti-state
bring
insurgency
insurrection
level up
mutineer
mutinous
red flag
revolt
revolution
revolutionarily
revolutionary
subversively
subversiveness
troublemaker
ungovernable
uprising

topple | American Dictionary


topple
verb[ I/T ]
us/ˈtɑp·əl/
to lean forward and fall:
[ T ]A large tree was toppled by the wind.
If a government topples, it is forced from power:
[ T ]The government toppled after several large public demonstrations.

topple | Business English


topple
verb[ T ]
uk /ˈtɒpl/us
to remove a person or organization from a position of power:
This was a secret bid to topple the chairman and take his job.
Their aim was to topple the supermarket giant from its No.1 spot among British retailers.

Examples of topple


topple
When a tree topples over in a forest and falls into a pond, for example, we are fully content to assume that no one knows.
We extract this information from the toppling graph.
The fate of each plant (harvested, snapped, toppled, broken or dead) was recorded.
At the moment of liberation, when one regime is toppled?
Factional enemies grew in power, eventually toppling him as the head of the party and driving him from office.
The toppling graph can be divided into vertical sections between each stable orientation of the part on the belt.
If it meets rugged terrain it has the capability of expanding, that is, increasing its wheelbase to reduce the risk of toppling over.
English, they say, is the language of world trade and it will be difficult for it to be toppled by any other language.
The cavalry were toppled back on their own infantry, most of whom were never engaged.
Articulated specimens could be toppled over and buried immediately so that the body axis aligned in parallel with the dominant current direction.
Reconstructive surgery toppled into cosmetic surgery as if pushed by a technological imperative.
They also introduce both election-related and negotiation-related transactions costs for toppling a cabinet.
One of the other yachts narrowly missed destruction when the berg to which it was moored suddenly toppled over.
From the toppling graph the critical pin heights for each visible edge of each stable orientation can be determined or shown to be non-existent.
Our work is also motivated by recent research in toppling manipulation.
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