Word · Frequency #8694
uphold
支持；维护；确认
核心释义
to support or agree with a decision, law, or belief, especially when it has been questioned
- 1.
举起；抬高；提升
To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.
- 2.
使保持直立；支撑；维持；防止倒下
To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling
- 3.
通过赞同或鼓励支持；为...辩护；确认
To support by approval or encouragement; to vindicate; to confirm (something which has been questioned)
支撑；托住；防止倒下；举起；抬高；提升；使保持直立；支撑；维持；防止倒下；通过赞同或鼓励支持；为...辩护；确认；支撑
用法In use
The judge upheld the lower court's ruling.
用法提示：upheld 是动词 uphold 的过去式，意为“维持、确认”，此处表示法庭支持原判。
She upholds the right to free speech for everyone.
用法提示：upholds 是动词的第三人称单数形式，意为“维护、支持”，表达对权利的支持。
We must uphold our promise to help them.
用法提示：uphold 为动词原形，用在情态动词 must 后，意为“履行、信守”，表达坚守承诺。
uphold + noun
We must uphold the law.
我们必须维护法律。
uphold that + clause
后接that引导的宾语从句，表示坚持某种看法或主张。
He upheld that the decision was correct.
他坚持认为决定是正确的。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- uphold the law
- 维护法律
- The police must uphold the law.警察必须维护法律。
- uphold a decision
- 维持决定
- The court upheld the previous decision.法院维持了先前的判决。
- uphold principles
- 坚持原则
- She always upholds her principles.她始终坚持自己的原则。
- uphold justice
- 维护正义
- We must uphold justice at all costs.我们必须不惜一切代价维护正义。
- uphold a tradition
- 维持传统
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
想象你向上举起手（up）并紧紧握住（hold）一面旗帜，那就是在‘支持’它。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：法律、日常表达 通常用于正式场合，如法律、官方声明中表示支持或维持，也可用于日常表达坚持原则。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Words with the ending 'old': hold, fold, gold, scold, told, behold all rhyme with uphold. Note that words like 'could', 'should', 'would' end in 'ould' but are pronounced differently (/kʊd/, /ʃʊd/, /wʊd/) and do not rhyme.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
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