to uphold meaning in Chinese
支持，主张
Examples
- He proffered to uphold justice .
他表示愿意维护正义。 - Yuan shih-kai once promised to uphold republican principles .
袁世凯曾经信誓旦旦，说要坚持共和原则。 - One of the best way to induce someone to engage himself on your behalf is to give him a reputation to uphold .
诱导一个人去替你们办事的最好办法是使他有要维护的声誉。 - There was still some hope for anyone who wished to uphold the simple, prokaryotic picture of unsplit genes .
对于那些希望坚持基因都象原核生物那样不可分裂的简单理论的人来说，仍然存在着一线希望。