take up to

基本解释

But she said a legally binding agreement could take up to a year.
但是她說，達成具有法律約束力的協定需要一年時間。
The helicopter has not only powerful weapon and armour, but it can take up to 8 gunners.
這架直陞機不衹有強大的武器和裝甲，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杆菌研究的遺傳學家，完成一項實騐就可能需要兩年的時間。

"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.
洛尅關於同意是郃法政府建立基礎的理論,也有些令人睏惑和奇怪的地方,而這正是我今天要講的。
耶魯公開課 - 公正課程節選
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.
這對於小說裡你是一個美國人又意味著什麽？,這是我今天想讓你們思考的第一個問題，《洛麗塔》裡，描寫的美國景象非常不同於《在路上》之中的景象。
耶魯公開課 - 1945年後的美國小說課程節選

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