| 释义 |       past tense of hew (to)         as in kept (to)to give steadfast support to no longer was able to hew to the party line and so he switched political parties       kept (to)     adhered (to)     clung (to)     stood by     defended     stuck (to or with)     abided by     held to     accepted     cultivated     followed     lived up to     endorsed     adopted     cleaved (to)     supported     embraced     advocated     confirmed     upheld     enforced     reinforced     backed     championed     espoused     cherished     bolstered     fostered     heeded     backstopped     buttressed     indorsed     boosted     reenforced       See More   defected (from)     abandoned     disagreed (with)     deserted     relinquished     gave up     forsook     surrendered     took back     spurned     recalled     revoked     withdrew     abnegated     reconsidered     retracted     renounced     disputed     backed off     backed down     denied     recanted     refuted     abjured     disproved     reneged     rebutted     contradicted     controverted     repudiated     negated     disowned     disavowed     disclaimed     unsaid     gainsaid     negatived     backtracked   |