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

• 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。
• Accelerate analysis of financial information and eliminate time-consuming batch processing.
  加快财务信息的分析和消除耗时的批处理。
• 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。
• 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。
• This is a time-consuming, error-prone process that is seldom reproducible.
  这是一个耗时的又容易犯错的过程，因而这个过程几乎不可重复。
• In addition, training people to understand and consistently apply a classification can be time-consuming.
  此外，培训人们去理解和一致地应用一种分类是很费时的。
• Testing software can be time-consuming and expensive, especially as software systems are increasing in scope and complexity.
  测试软件是非常耗时和昂贵的，尤其是，当软件系统不断的扩大，复杂度不断增加。
• Negotiations would be messy and time-consuming.
  谈判既麻烦又耗时间。
• Manpower to complete these tasks are to be time-consuming, laborious and prone to errors and omissions.
  这些工作都以人力来完成将费时费力，而且容易出现错误和疏漏。
• 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。