| 词汇 | toppled |
| 释义 | toppled past simple and past participle oftopple 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。 Falling and dropping ass balance collapse under someone's/something's weight collapse/fall in a heapidiom cropper crumple drop drop like fliesidiom faceplant fly knock someone over let goidiom mic drop nosedive overbalance parachutist plunge shower thump 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。 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 topple troublemaker ungovernable Examples of toppledtoppled In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. This crisis toppled governments in the region and sent out a series of shock waves that threatened prosperity in the rest of the world. The fate of each plant (harvested, snapped, toppled, broken or dead) was recorded. At the moment of liberation, when one regime is toppled? English, they say, is the language of world trade and it will be difficult for it to be toppled by any other language. Reconstructive surgery toppled into cosmetic surgery as if pushed by a technological imperative. Articulated specimens could be toppled over and buried immediately so that the body axis aligned in parallel with the dominant current direction. Indeed, it could even be argued that logging in our study area reduced its susceptibility to cyclone damage, perhaps by removing the large, top-heavy trees most prone to being toppled. If it is a majority government that is being toppled, cabinet breakdown will presumably have occurred because of internal policy disagreements within the parties making up the cabinet. Suddenly the heaviest walls toppled. History shows that tyrants will eventually be toppled by their own people, if given the right help. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is starting to look to some as if it could be toppled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Different groups seize power and are then toppled by another group. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When the position is seen in that context, some of those rulers may be toppled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The miners toppled over, but the railwaymen were rightly advised by their distinguished leader to get back to solid ground in a very short time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Again the crossbar, which was a piece of scaffold pole, toppled over. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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