upholds

英 [ʌpˈhəʊldz]

美 [ʌpˈhoʊldz]

v.  支持，维护(正义等); 维持，确认(原判、裁决等)
uphold的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 拥护；支持；维护
  If youupholdsomething such as a law, a principle, or a decision, you support and maintain it.
  1. Our policy has been to uphold the law...
     拥护法律是我们一贯的方针。
  2. 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。
  3. ...upholding the artist's right to creative freedom.
     维护艺术家的创作自由
• VERB 维持，坚持（原判）
  If a court of lawupholdsa legal decision that has already been made, it decides that it was the correct decision.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• The Constitution stipulates: "The state upholds the uniformity and dignity of the socialist legal system."
  宪法规定：“国家维护社会主义法制的统一和尊严。”
• China is a country for peace, who loves, safeguards and upholds peace.
  中国是一个爱好和平、坚守和平、维护和平的和平国家。
• From the two aspects, this paper tries to conclude that Confucianism emphasizes ethic, while Daoism upholds individualism.
  本文从这两个方面加以论述，试图得出儒家注重社会伦理，道家崇尚个体人格的结论。
• Thirdly, hard-line policy of Iran upholds the necessity and possibility of success.
  再次，伊朗的核强硬政策有坚持的必要性和成功的可能性。
• Can you explain the culture to me, with examples of how the company upholds it?
  可以跟我解释一下公司的文化吗？以及举例说明公司是怎样传承这种文化的？
• When she said," the power of any military rests on the values it upholds. "
  她说，“所有的军事力量都是以它所支持的价值观为寄托的。”
• Being concerned with the people, humanistic psychologists upholds the dignity and value of the people and focus on individual psychology.
  人本主义心理学主张以人为本，强调人的价值和尊严，注重个体心理特点的研究。
• Our company upholds the philosophy& manufacture products of high quality, satisfy customers with best services.
  公司将一如继往：“尽最大的努力创优质安全的产品，用最好的服务满足顾客的期望”。
• But in winter my family always upholds an old Italian tradition.
  但在冬天，我的家人总是保持着一个古老的意大利传统。
• But if a person who upholds the four cardinal principles is a conservative, then I am a conservative.
  如果要说坚持四项基本原则是保守派，我又是保守派。