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

• 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。
• 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。
• As any system administrator can tell you, managing enterprise users and groups is a time-consuming process.
  任何系统管理员都会告诉您，管理企业用户和组是一个耗时的过程。
• 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。
• 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 can be a time-consuming operation.
  这是一个耗时的操作。
• This is because the deletion of a composite application might be time-consuming.
  这是因为一个复合应用程序的删除可能是耗时的。
• This piece of work is rather time-consuming.
  这项工作很费时。
• 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。