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

• If you begin to lose heart in the work you are doing, God's grace upholds you and gives you the love for God and His people you require in order to continue.
  如果你正为自己的事奉灰心失望，神的恩典会支持你，加添你对他的爱和对他百姓的爱，好叫你能继续手上的工。
• Due to dual effects on global free trade of regional economy integration, the Multilater trade system upholds the principle of both allowing and curbing.
  由于国际区域经济一体化对全球贸易公平自由化发展具有双重效应，为此多边贸易体制对国际区域经济一体化坚持“既许可又规范约束”的原则。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。”
• The state protects the lawful rights and interests of the minority nationalities and upholds and develops a relationship of equality, unity and mutual assistance among all of china's nationalities.
  国家保障各少数民族的合法的权利和利益，维护和发展各民族的平等、团结、互助关系。
• To think that such a practice upholds Party leadership can only produce results opposite to those intended.
  如果把这类东西看作是坚持党的领导，其结果，只能走向事情的反面。
• This may not be perfect, but it upholds the principles of open investment and offers several lessons.
  这可能并不完美，但它维护了开放投资原则，并提供了几条教训。
• China upholds the principle of balancing rights with obligations. We will take an active part in global economic governance, promote and facilitate free trade and investment, and oppose protectionism in all its forms.
  中国坚持权利和义务相平衡，积极参与全球经济治理，推动贸易和投资自由化便利化，反对各种形式的保护主义。