大家好，
想请问下面这句：
You can collect the ticket up to 3 days before the show-don't leave it too late.
意思是
1. 表演前三天要取完票 or
2. 表演前三天才开始取票？
谢谢大家

是期限

我觉得文法上两个解释都有可能，但2.不合常理，没有票这么晚才开始取的。再加上它都提醒你不要太晚取票了，所以应该是1。

是2

如果把up to解释成up until那就会是1.

yeah i think you're right!

谢谢大家，看来两种都有可能？但两者差好多啊><还是谢谢大家！我觉得T说的满有道理的，但这个取票方案是给外国人，因此我觉得2也是满有可能的

up to 是 limit or boundary我会觉得方向性不可能是从表演当天当起点往前算到第三天截止所以说文法都可以，我不同意。描述时间性方向性不会是用倒流的

所以priv也觉得应该是1囉？

Up to 本身应该没有方向性，方向是 before 赐予的，所以我还是认为文法上两者皆通。http://www.maybebaby.com.au/help-falling-pregnant/understanding-ovulation（抱歉我不会缩网址）请参考这篇文章的最后一段，其中有一句“ If you have intercourse up to 3 days before ovulation, those sperm can still be viable and capable of fertilising the egg.”。从前后文可以判断，这边的 up to 就是 no more than 而不是 up until 的意思。

在跟时间有关的句子中，"up to" 的确有可能被解释为 "upuntil"，不过若当 "up until" 解的话，跟在其后的应会是"a particular/specific point in time or the eventmentioned"，我们来看看“朗文英语联想活用辞典”对此的说明:〝If something happens 'up until' or 'up to' aparticular time, date etc, it happens continuouslybefore that time but no longer happens after thattime.〞，例句: She continued to write poetry, up tothe day she died.; 而 "up to" 在跟时间有关的句子中当"not more than" 解释时，跟在其后的通常会是 a generalterm covering a span of timeCCALD 8th对此的说明为: amount "You use 'up to' tosay how large something can be or what level it hasreached."， 例句: It could be up to two years beforethe process is complete.LDOCE 对此的说明为: "as much or as many as a certainamount or number but not more"，例句: a process thatcan take anything up to ten daysODE对此的说明为: "indicating a maximum amount"，例句:the process is expected to take up to two years因此，综上所述，若原po这句话要做1.来解释的话，它长的应该会像下面这两个网页中有出现 "up to" 的句子，节录其中一句: "Currently, such alterations may only be madeup to the fifth day before the day of poll."参考网址: 1. http://tinyurl.com/jmeeps3 (最下面两句)2. http://tinyurl.com/zk8grqa (第74点的最后一句话)(P.S. 皆为政府网站，一为美国、一为英国)

谢谢大家的回答，和各种参考网站和例句！感谢！