upholding

英 [ʌpˈhəʊldɪŋ]

美 [ʌpˈhoʊldɪŋ]

v.  支持，维护(正义等); 维持，确认(原判、裁决等)
uphold的现在分词

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

• And we honor those ideals by upholding them not when it is easy, but when it is hard.
  我们以在艰难的环境中坚持理想为荣，而不是以在容易的环境中坚持理想为荣。
• -Upholding the principle of independence, self-reliance and self-renovation and actively promoting international exchanges and cooperation.
  －－坚持独立自主、自力更生、自主创新，积极推进国际交流与合作。
• The government is committed to upholding a world-class intellectual property rights regime.
  政府决意坚守一个符合最高国际标准的知识产权制度。
• China and Europe are two major forces for upholding world peace.
  中国和欧洲是维护世界和平的两大力量。
• Most countries in the world have reaffirmed their position of upholding the One-China Policy.
  世界上大多数国家重申坚持一个中国政策。
• The court's job is administering justice and upholding the law.
  法院的任务是执行法律和维护法律。
• Upholding the law can't be left to the police and the courts alone.
  维护法制，不只是警察和法庭的责任。
• Comprehensive security means upholding security in both traditional and non-traditional fields.
  综合，就是要统筹维护传统领域和非传统领域安全。
• It has devoted itself to upholding national unity, political harmony and social stability, maintained steady growth of the economy and improved the lives of the people.
  致力于维护国内民族团结、政治和谐和社会稳定，保持了经济平稳增长，人民生活得到改善。
• I am committed to upholding this treaty.
  我坚决支持这项条约。