英语词汇“uphold”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

upholduphold /ʌpˈhoʊld/ ●○○ verb (past tense and past participle upheld /-ˈhɛld/) [transitive]

VERB TABLE

uphold

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	uphold
	he, she, it	upholds
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	upheld
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have upheld
	he, she, it	has upheld
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had upheld
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will uphold
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have upheld

Continuous Form
Present	I	am upholding
	he, she, it	is upholding
	you, we, they	are upholding
Past	I, he, she, it	was upholding
	you, we, they	were upholding
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been upholding
	he, she, it	has been upholding
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been upholding
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be upholding
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been upholding

1law if a court upholds a decision made by another court, it states that the decision was correct: The higher court later upheld the decision.2to defend or support a law, system, or principle so that it is not made weaker: Police officers are responsible for upholding the law.—upholder noun [countable]