time-consuming

英 [ˈtaɪm kənsjuːmɪŋ]

美 [ˈtaɪm kənsuːmɪŋ]

adj.  费时的; 耗时间的

TOEFL

Collins.1

牛津词典

adj.

• 费时的；耗时间的
  taking or needing a lot of time
  1. a difficult and time-consuming process
     困难而又费时的过程

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 耗时的;费时的
  If something istime-consuming, it takes a lot of time.
  1. It's just very time consuming to get such a large quantity of data...
     获取如此大量的数据非常费时。
  2. Starting a new business, however small, is a time-consuming exercise.
     创办一家新企业，不管多小，都是件旷日持久的事。

英英释义

adj

• of a task that takes time and patience

双语例句

• One is the time-consuming and error-prone tasks associated with manual operation in a huge infrastructure like UCM.
  一个是在巨大的类似UCM这样的基础架构中手工操作时，产生的耗时和容易出错的问题。
• To avoid this expensive and time-consuming process, they now can use an electronic file management system.
  为避免这种昂贵费时的过程，他们现在可以使用的电子文件管理系统。
• The time-consuming work and production losses usually associated with aligning are eliminated.
  通常和校准联系在一起的耗时工作和产品损失现象可以被消除。
• Coordinating work across multiple sites and time zones is more time-consuming and costly than for a collocated project.
  跨多个地点和时区的协调工作比集中的项目更耗费时间和成本。
• However, this was a highly skilled and time-consuming job, done only by trained craftsmen.
  然而，这是一件对技巧要求很高、很花时间的工作，只能由训练有素的工匠来完成。
• This piece of work is rather time-consuming.
  这项工作很费时。
• Starting a new business, however small, is a time-consuming exercise.
  创办一家新企业，不管多小，都是件旷日持久的事。
• But the process is time-consuming.
  但是这个过程很耗费时间。
• Indexing a database can be a time-consuming and resource-intensive activity.
  对数据库建立索引可能是一个耗时和资源密集型的活动。
• This can be a time-consuming operation.
  这是一个耗时的操作。