C2 支持,维护,赞成(尤指法律上的决议)to defend or keep a principle or law, or to say that a decision that has already been made, especially a legal one, is correct
As a police officer you are expected to uphold the law whether you agree with it or not. 作为警察,不管你赞成与否都应该维护法律。
Judge Davis upheld the county court's decision. 戴维斯法官维持了郡法院的判决。