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 social action of the law is fingering has the effect that upholds the human relations in society that is helpful for certain class and social order.
  法的社会作用是指法具有维护有利于一定阶级的社会关系和社会秩序的作用。
• The practice of regional autonomy not only ensures the rights of the ethnic minorities to exercise autonomy as masters of their homelands, but also upholds the unification of the state.
  实行民族区域自治，既保障了少数民族当家作主的自治权利，又维护了国家的统一；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• China values friendship and also sticks to principles. It firmly upholds its national core interests.
  中国讲友好，也讲原则，坚定不移地维护国家的核心利益。
• 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。
• 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。”