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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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 mission, vision and values of Toastmasters International.
  坚持维护国际演讲会的使命、愿景和价值。
• 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。
• 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。
• Tradition and Transformation: Upholding Justice, Protecting Conscience and Safeguarding Honor
  传统与转型：坚守正义、守护良知和维护荣誉