uphold

🇺🇸 /ʌpˈhəʊld/ 🇬🇧 /ʌpˈhəʊld/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP10000Oxford5000CEFR-C2
verb
C1

to support and keep something good or right going

It is important to uphold the values of honesty and fairness.

C1

to agree that a past decision was correct

The judge decided to uphold the earlier ruling.

translation

v. to support and keep something good or right going; to agree that a past decision was correct

Word Forms

3rd Present upholds
Past upheld
Perfect upheld
Progressive upholding

Synonyms

bolster v. 加强 defend v. 保护, 维护, 辩护, 防守, 卫冕 lift v. 举起, 搬起, 空运, 帮助摆脱困境, 解除限制, 使高兴, 消散, 偷窃, 抄袭, 挖出植物, 提高 elevate v. 提升（职位或等级）, 抬高, 提高, 振奋 sustain v. 维持, 保持, 遭受, 支持, 支撑, 确认 raise v. 举起, 扶起, 提高, 筹集资金, 提出话题, 引起, 引发, 抚养, 种植, 解除限制, 呼叫, 复活, 加注, 求幂, 建造, 创建文件 justify v. 证明...是正当的, 证明...有理, 两端对齐 stay vi. 停留, 暂住, 保持 carry v. 搬运, 随身携带, 输送, 携带（病菌）, 记住, 支撑, 承担, 带有, 导致, 射程, 传得很远, 运送, 通过, 说服, 显示, 刊登, 出售, 怀孕, 保持姿势, 进位 maintain v. 保持, 维护, 供养, 坚持 support v. 支持, 援助, 资助, 供养, 证实, 支撑, 暖场

Antonyms

retract v. 撤回, 取消, 收回 forsake v. 放弃 descend v. 下降, 斜降, 降临 abandon v. 放弃, 放纵 slip v. 滑倒, 滑落, 溜走, 偷偷放, 下滑, 陷入, 快速穿上, 挣脱 drop v. 不小心掉落, 故意丢下, 累倒, 下降, 输掉, 向下看, 陡降, 停车放下, 发消息, 拖放, 省略, 断绝关系, 停止, 暗示, 发布, 漏针 lower v. 降低, 放下, 阴沉 bear v. 忍受, 承担, 支撑, 显示, 比不上, 怀有, 名叫, 携带, 表现, 生育, 结果, 朝向 reverse v. 使变得相反, 撤销决定, 反转, 交换位置, 承认错误并改变观点, 倒车, 拨打对方付费电话 fall vi. 下落, 摔倒, 减少, 进入, 垂下, 倾斜, 沦陷, 阵亡, 降临, 发生, 位于, 归类 withdraw v. 取款, 撤退, 退出, 撤回, 收回, 退缩 push v. 推, 挤, 按, 推动, 鼓励, 督促, 逼迫, 推广, 贩毒, 推进 back n. 背部, 脊柱, 后部, 背面, 书末, 椅背, 靠背式家具, 后卫 take v. 拿, 带领, 使...达到, 花费, 拍摄, 走, 握住, 拿走, 误拿, 获得, 坐, 吃, 记录, 参加, 选修, 采取, 执行, 检查, 控制, 入住, 订阅, 接受, 抓住, 接收, 遭受, 忍受, 认真对待, 认为, 误以为, 持有, 减去, 以...为例, 就任, 需要, 利用, 穿, 容纳, 主持, 越过, 踢, 进行, 成功