English Dictionary

uphold

/ˌʌpˈhəʊld/

verb

To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate. / To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling / To support by approval or encouragement, to confirm (something which has been questioned)

She always upholds her principles.

意味（1）

To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.

The mournful train/ Echoed her grief, …/ With groans, and hands upheld, to move his mind, /Besought his pity to their helpless kind

意味（2）

To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling

A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.

意味（3）

To support by approval or encouragement, to confirm (something which has been questioned)

but there was still a connexion upheld among the different ideas, which succeeded each other.