upholds

英 [ʌpˈhəʊldz]

美 [ʌpˈhoʊldz]

v.  支持，维护(正义等); 维持，确认(原判、裁决等)
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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

• To put it more accurately, I belong to the faction that believes in seeking truth from facts, the faction that pursues the policies of reform and opening to the outside world and that upholds leadership by the Party and follows the socialist road.
  比较实际地说，我是实事求是派，坚持改革、开放政策，坚持党的领导和社会主义道路。
• 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。”
• A China that upholds win-win cooperation is providing a strong impetus to global prosperity and development.
  坚持合作共赢理念的中国，为世界繁荣与发展注入强劲动力。
• 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？
• 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。
• And it must be resolved in a way that upholds both our laws and our highest ideals.
  我们必须以一种既捍卫我们的法律又维护我们的最高理念的方式予以解决。
• 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。
• The coordination theory upholds that theories with more coordination force are likely to bear more truth.
  协调论认为，协调力大的理论具有更大的真理性。
• 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。
• 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。”