- To topple something is to knock it down. A house of cards can be toppled — so can a government.
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- vi. 倾倒；倒塌；摇摇欲坠
- vt. 推翻；颠覆；使倒塌
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1. If there was a plot to topple the government, the next question was who was the main beneficiary—and hence the prime mover behind it.
如果真有一场密谋要推翻政府，那么下一个问题便是最大的受益者是谁，此人亦应是隐藏其后的发动者。
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2. And to save the world economy we must topple these dangerous romantics from their pedestals.
为了拯救世界经济，我们必须将这些危险的浪漫人士从他们的位子上推翻。
- topple (v.) 1580s, "tumble down, fall headfirst," earlier "tumble or roll about" (1540s), from top (v.) "to tip" + frequentative suffix -le. Transitive sense also is from 1590s. Related: Toppled; toppling.
top·ple / ˈtɒpl ; NAmE ˈtɑːpl / verb 1 [intransitive , transitive ] to become unsteady and fall down; to make sth do this （使）失去平衡而坠落，倒塌，倒下 + adv./prep. ◆ The pile of books toppled over. 那一摞书倒了。 topplesb/sth + adv./prep. ◆ 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 [transitive ] topplesb/sth to make sb lose their position of power or authority 打倒；推翻；颠覆 SYN overthrow ◆ a plot to topple the President 推翻总统的阴谋 topple topples toppled toppling top·ple / ˈtɒpl ; NAmE ˈtɑːpl /
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