take up to

基本解釋

But she said a legally binding agreement could take up to a year.
但是她說(shuō)，達(dá)成具有法律約束力的協(xié)定需要一年時(shí)間。
The helicopter has not only powerful weapon and armour, but it can take up to 8 gunners.
這架直升機(jī)不只有強(qiáng)大的武器和裝甲，而且可以帶上8名槍手。
If you’re a geneticist working with the mycobacterium, it can take up to two years to complete an experiment.
如果你是一名從事分枝桿菌研究的遺傳學(xué)家，完成一項(xiàng)實(shí)驗(yàn)就可能需要兩年的時(shí)間。

"Military experts tell us that it could take up to ten more years to achieve any acceptable outcome in Afghanistan.
But there are some puzzles, some strange features of Locke's account of consent as the basis of legitimate government and that's what I'd like to take up today.
洛克關(guān)于同意是合法政府建立基礎(chǔ)的理論,也有些令人困惑和奇怪的地方,而這正是我今天要講的。
耶魯公開(kāi)課 - 公正課程節(jié)選
And what does it mean to be an American in this novel? So, that's the question I'd like to take up today first. Coming from Lolita, the vision of America in On the Road looks quite different.
這對(duì)于小說(shuō)里你是一個(gè)美國(guó)人又意味著什么？,這是我今天想讓你們思考的第一個(gè)問(wèn)題，《洛麗塔》里，描寫(xiě)的美國(guó)景象非常不同于《在路上》之中的景象。
耶魯公開(kāi)課 - 1945年后的美國(guó)小說(shuō)課程節(jié)選

"Lagers can take up to six to eight weeks, or longer, " says Moonlight's Hunt.
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