1.(高的东西)摇摆,摇摇欲坠,倒塌;摇动,推倒,推翻
1.to stop being steady and fall, or to make someone or something do this
2.to make someone in authority lose their power
1.But what was the meaning of the fact that Tomas shot at them, toppling one after another into the pool, dead?
可托马斯把她们一个个射翻在水池中死去，又是什么意思呢？
2.At every meeting I made a complaint the rest of the committee did not want to hear: botched fire drills, filing cabinets toppling over.
在每次会议上，我都会提出委员会中其他人不想听到的抱怨：粗糙的救火演习、摇摇欲坠的档案柜。
3.in fact, it had become quite a habit with me of not being too attentive to women lest they come toppling, bloodripe, into my cold lap.
实际上，我几乎养成了不过意留心妇人的习惯，以免她们飘飘然、满面通红地坐到我冰冷的腿上。
4.Petersburg again, that statues of him are toppling everywhere and that the country he hammered together is falling apart.
他的雕像纷纷倒下，他用铁腕统一的国家也陷于四分五裂，这已经够糟的了。
5.Images of buildings toppling over and burying people are the cause of a great deal of earthquake related fatalities.
在我们印象中，房屋倒塌继而活埋受害者成为大量地震事故的死因。
6.It had achieved the unthinkable , toppling mighty General Motors from the top of the industry.
它将通用汽车（GeneralMotors）从行业王者的位置掀翻在地，完成了一件不可想象的事情。
7.Egyptians returned to Tahrir Square to celebrate one month since the start of protests that led to the toppling of President Hosni Mubarak.
埃及示威者重新回到了开罗广场，庆祝推翻穆巴拉克总统下台示威活动开始一个月。
8.The next couple, unable to check its progress, came toppling over the obstacle.
接下来的一对没法停止前进，也绊倒在前一对舞侣的身上。
9.Toppling the Iraqi regime with only a vague plan as to what to put in its place has been the defining foul-up of the presidency.
仅凭一个含糊的替代计划扳倒伊拉克政权已成为总统当局错误失策的判定。
10.It was analogous to pulling a critical block (a constant) out of an unsteady Jenga tower (the universe), toppling the stack.
这类似于从一座不稳定的叠叠乐（宇宙）中抽出一块关键的砖（一个常量），结果是倾覆。