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

• It was a time-consuming and fiddly job
  这项工作耗时费事。
• Automated collection also reduces the need for time-consuming and expensive manual collection, analysis, and management.
  自动的收集还减少了对时间消耗和昂贵的手工收集、分析和管理的需要。
• This leads to time-consuming maintenance and code modifications and not being able to accurately forecast time and costs.
  这导致维护和代码修改工作非常耗时，并且无法准确预测时间和成本。
• However, in a large system, this would be a time-consuming, error-prone job.
  但是，在一个更大的系统中，这将很耗费时间，并且容易导致错误。
• Unfortunately, doing this manually is almost prohibitively expensive and time-consuming.
  不幸的是，手工的进行这一操作在成本上和时间消耗上几乎是不可行的。
• 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。
• Some of the more time-consuming jobs can now be done by machines.
  有些更费时间的工作现在可以用机器做了。
• This process can be time-consuming and exhausting, especially when it is applied to a complex problem.
  这个过程可能很花时间、令人疲惫，尤其是在应用到一个复杂的问题上。
• The most time-consuming portion of this process is analyzing the assessment and response regarding potential hazards identified.
  这个过程中最耗时的部分就是对识别的潜在的危险进行分析评估和反馈。
• 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。