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

• 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。
• The core of these four cardinal principles is upholding leadership by the Communist party.
  坚持四项基本原则的核心，是坚持党的领导。
• 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。
• China and the United States have major influence in international affairs and shoulder important responsibilities in upholding world peace and promoting common development.
  中国和美国在国际事务中有着重要影响，在维护世界和平与促进共同发展方面肩负着重要责任。
• The duty of upholding world peace and punishing evil will be yours.
  警恶惩奸，维护世界和平这个任务就交给你了。
• I am committed to upholding this treaty.
  我坚决支持这项条约。
• We have never backed down from our position of upholding the Four Cardinal Principles.
  坚持四项基本原则任何时候我都没有让过步。
• The Bangladesh side also reiterated its support for China's efforts in upholding sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity.
  孟方重申支持中方为维护国家主权、统一和领土完整所作的努力。
• China's limited military capabilities are solely for upholding China's security, independence and sovereignty.
  我们有限的军事力量，也完全是为了维护祖国的安全、独立和主权。
• 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。