C2 to defend or keep a principle or law, or to say that a decision that has already been made, especially a legal one, is correct支持,维护,赞成(尤指法律上的决议)
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The government has promised to uphold the principles of democracy.
We will endeavour to uphold the high educational standards which have become associated with this institution.
The freedom of the press must be upheld.
A committed socialist, he upheld the rights of the voiceless and the underprivileged.
The court is said to be upholding its decision.
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