大约需要
takes about───大约需要
it takes───它需要
whatever it takes───无论代价多少（歌词）；[电影]爱你不论代价
it about───关于
what it takes───<美俚>成功的必要条件
it takes time───这需要时间
about it───关于它
takes───vt.取走，预备动作（take第三人称单数）
takes up───拿起；开始从事；占据(时间,地方)
It takes about two years.───这大约需要花费两年的时间。
takes about 150 days to grow out a full length fingernail.───长出一个完整的指甲大约需要150天。
takes about half an hour to get to the airport.───到机场大概需要半小时。
Research suggests that it takes about a tenth of a second from information arriving in the brain to its conscious perception.───研究表明，外部信息要到达大脑后要被感知需要十分之一秒的时间。
It takes about a year of team training for a new team member to be fully intergrated into the team.───新队员需要大约一年的团队培训为充分融入特警队。
It takes about a week and a half to build up a proper canvas - if you try to do it in a single day, the dirt just falls off the window.───制造一张适合的‘画布’需要大约一周半的时间。如果你想在一天之内就完成，只会使那些灰尘从窗户上掉落下来。
She said it takes about $3, 800 a month to run Metta Cattery, not including vet fees, which can sometimes go up to $500 for one animal.───她说每个月须要大约$3,800.00来经营爱心猫之家，不包括兽医费用，有时一只动物的医疗费用可高达$500.00。
If now I use equation number six, then I find the period, and I find that it takes about 31 hours for this object to go around the Earth.───如果现在用方程，可以算出周期，答案是物体绕地球一圈，要花费31个小时。
Normally, it takes about a week to complete all operations in a traditional paraffin section.───该方法从取样到切片完成约需一周的时间，操作周期较长。
It takes about half an hour to get to the airport.
It takes about two hours to get to their office building, allowing for possible traffic delays.
I can verify that it takes about thirty seconds.
It takes about 30 minutes on foot, or 10 minutes by car.
It takes about five hours by road .
It takes about three weeks to put the magazine together.
It takes about three days for the seeds to sprout.
It takes about half an hour for the glue to set.
It takes about one hour.