[VERB 动词]拥护;支持;维护 If you uphold something such as a law, a principle, or a decision, you support and maintain it.
[V n]
Our policy has been to uphold the law...
拥护法律是我们一贯的方针。
It is the responsibility of every government to uphold certain basic principles.
各政府均有责任拥护某些基本原则。
...upholding the artist's right to creative freedom.
维护艺术家的创作自由
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[VERB 动词]维持,坚持(原判) If a court of law upholds a legal decision that has already been made, it decides that it was the correct decision.
[V n]
The crown court, however, upheld the magistrate's decision.
然而,最高法院维持了地方法院的判决。
Oxford
up·hold/ʌpˈhəʊld; NAmEʌpˈhoʊld/verb(up·held,up·held/ʌpˈheld; NAmEʌpˈheld/)1upholdsth to support sth that you think is right and make sure that it continues to exist 支持,维护(正义等)◆We have a duty to uphold the law.维护法律是我们的责任。2upholdsth (especially of a court of law 尤指法庭)to agree that a previous decision was correct or that a request is reasonable 维持(原判);受理(申诉)◆to uphold a conviction/an appeal/a complaint维持原判;受理上诉╱申诉▶up·hold·erupholderupholders/ʌpˈhəʊldə(r); NAmEʌpˈhoʊldər/noun◆an upholder of traditional values支持传统价值观的人upholdupholdsupheldupholdingup·hold/ʌpˈhəʊld; NAmEʌpˈhoʊld/up·held/ʌpˈheld; NAmEʌpˈheld/up·hold·er/ʌpˈhəʊldə(r); NAmEʌpˈhoʊldər/
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upholdup‧hold /ʌpˈhəʊld $ -ˈhoʊld/ ●○○ verb (past tense and past participle upheld /-ˈheld/) [transitive]
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1to defend or support a law, system, or principle so that it continues to exist: a committee that aims to uphold educational standards2if a court upholds a decision made by another court, it states that the decision was correctOPP overrule: The conviction was upheld by the Court of Appeal.—upholder noun [countable]
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uphold
[ʌpˈhəʊld]upheld, upholding, upholds
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upholding[306]
维护(61%),支持(23%),维持(12%),举起(4%)
vt.支撑;鼓励;赞成;举起
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