topple
/ˈtɒpl/verb
no obj., with adverbial of direction
1- overbalance or become unsteady and fall slowly失去平衡, 不稳而缓慢倒下：
she toppled over when I touched her.
当我碰她时, 她就倒了下来。
1.1
- with obj. cause to fall in such a way使失去平衡而倒下：
the push almost toppled him to the ground.
他几乎被推倒在地上
figurative〈喻〉disagreement had threatened to topple the government.
分歧使政府面临倒台的威胁。
1.2
- with obj. remove (a government or person in authority) from power; overthrow推翻（政府, 当权人）; 打倒：
disagreement had threatened to topple the government.
分歧使政府有被推翻的危险。
词源
mid 16th cent. （in the sense 'tumble about'）： frequentative of TOP1.