1、fracture

破裂;(尤指)骨折

At least one-third of all women over ninety have sustained a hip fracture.

超過90歲的所有女性中至少有1/3已經出現髖骨骨折。

(使)(輕微)骨折;(使)斷裂

You've fractured a rib, maybe more than one.

你的一根肋骨斷了，可能不止一根。

One strut had fractured and been crudely repaired in several places.

一根撐木出現了裂痕，有幾處已進行了粗略的修補。

(使)分裂;(使)解散

His policy risks fracturing the coalition.

他的政策有分裂聯盟的風險。

It might be a society that could fracture along class lines.

它可能成為一個階級分化的社會。

2、uphold

擁護；支持；維護

Our policy has been to uphold the law.

擁護法律是我們一貫的方針。

It is the responsibility of every government to uphold certain basic principles.

各政府均有責任擁護某些基本原則。

維持，堅持（原判）

The crown court, however, upheld the magistrate's decision.

然而，最高法院維持了地方法院的判決。