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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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 piece of work is rather time-consuming.
  这项工作很费时。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• But the process is time-consuming.
  但是这个过程很耗费时间。