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

• 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。
• The test teams and tools teams inevitably have costly and time-consuming disagreements over the tools.
  测试团队和工具团队不可避免地要在工具的成本和时间消耗上产生分歧。
• It was a time-consuming and fiddly job
  这项工作耗时费事。
• 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 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• There is no time-consuming installation and integration work needed to activate fragment caching.
  激活片断缓存不需要进行费时的安装和集成工作。