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

• 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。
• China is committed to upholding world peace.
  中国是世界和平的坚定维护者。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• -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。
• Such guarding and upholding of the precepts cannot be called practising the precepts.
  这种护卫和持有戒律不能被叫做实践戒律。
• 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