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 piece of work is rather time-consuming.
  这项工作很费时。
• 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。
• It was a time-consuming and fiddly job
  这项工作耗时费事。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• This can be a time-consuming operation.
  这是一个耗时的操作。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。