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。
• 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。
• But the process is time-consuming.
  但是这个过程很耗费时间。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 might not be desirable, and it makes linking multiple DLLs a time-consuming task.
  这可能并不是所需要的，并且将使得连接多个DLL变成一项非常耗时的任务。