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

• Overview of Toppling Failure Mechanism of Countertendency Layered Rock Slopes
  反倾层状岩质边坡倾倒变形破坏机理综述
• A majority of Americans now believe toppling Saddam Hussein was a mistake.
  现在，多数美国人认为推到萨达姆·侯赛因是个错误。
• 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。
• Yet as Syria descends into ever more bloody civil war, critics of the toppling of Saddam Hussein are among those complaining that the international community is standing idly by while Bashar al-Assad continues to slaughter his people.
  但随着叙利亚陷入越来越血腥的内战，当初对推翻萨达姆侯赛因（SaddamHussein）政权持反对意见的批评人士也开始抱怨，眼看着巴沙尔阿萨德（Basharal-Assad）一再屠杀本国百姓，国际社会却在袖手旁观。
• 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
• The one-two punch toppling buildings and trapping thousands of people.
  在两次地震中倾倒的建筑物里，数以千计的人被困。
• The Sudanese government has charged that the 16-month-old rebellion in Darfur is aimed at toppling the government.
  苏丹政府说，十六个月前在达尔富尔地区开始的反叛活动，目的是要推翻政府。
• Police say the blast today at the Glorietta shopping center in the Makati business district caused extensive damage, toppling roofs, destroying walls and sending debris crashing onto cars outside.
  警方说，星期五发生在马卡蒂商业区格劳利埃塔购物中心的爆炸造成了大面积损坏；爆炸炸塌了屋顶，毁坏了墙壁，将碎片散落到外面的汽车上。
• He also calls for toppling Hamas.
  他还呼吁推翻哈马斯。
• 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