topple
傾倒；推倒·推翻政權
連起物體倒下與政權瓦解
The strong wind toppled a large tree beside the road.
強風推倒了路旁一棵大樹。
一個畫面：失去支撐
物體倒下傾倒或使物體傾倒。
政權瓦解使領袖或政府失去權力。
義項
物體倒下B2verb傾倒；推倒
The strong wind toppled a large tree beside the road.
強風推倒了路旁一棵大樹。
topple a treetopple over
政權瓦解B2verb推翻政權
The peaceful movement helped topple the government after years of protest.
多年抗議後，和平運動協助推翻了政府。
topple a governmenttopple a leader
片語
topple from power政權易手 →使失去政權
topple backwards失去平衡 →向後倒下
你會不會這樣說？
選出適合填入空格的字：Angry citizens filled the streets, hoping to ( ) the president and choose a new leader.（topple／elect）
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topple
topple 指推翻領袖；elect 是選出領袖，放進去語意不合。
「The boy hit the tall pile of boxes, and it began to topple.」這句的 topple 是指讓政府失去權力，對嗎？
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錯
主詞是一堆箱子，是物體傾倒，與政府或權力無關。