take up to

基本解释

But she said a legally binding agreement could take up to a year.
但是她说，达成具有法律约束力的协定需要一年时间。
The helicopter has not only powerful weapon and armour, but it can take up to 8 gunners.
这架直升机不只有强大的武器和装甲，而且可以带上8名枪手。
If you’re a geneticist working with the mycobacterium, it can take up to two years to complete an experiment.
如果你是一名从事分枝杆菌研究的遗传学家，完成一项实验就可能需要两年的时间。

"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.
洛克关于同意是合法政府建立基础的理论,也有些令人困惑和奇怪的地方,而这正是我今天要讲的。
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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.
这对于小说里你是一个美国人又意味着什么？,这是我今天想让你们思考的第一个问题，《洛丽塔》里，描写的美国景象非常不同于《在路上》之中的景象。
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"Lagers can take up to six to eight weeks, or longer, " says Moonlight's Hunt.
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