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词汇 time-consuming
释义 time-consuming
adjective
uk /ˈtaɪm.kənˌsjuː.mɪŋ/ us /ˈtaɪm.kənˌsuː.mɪŋ/
C1
A time-consuming task takes a lot of time to do: 耗费时间的;旷日持久的
Producing a dictionary is a very time-consuming job.编字典是件很费时间的工作。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Lasting for a long time
all-night
ancient
be going strongidiom
changeless
dateless
incorruptibility
incorruptible
incorruptibly
languish
lasting
nondurable
nondurable goods
of oldidiom
old
ongoing
timelessness
unslaked
until doomsday
venerably
year

time-consuming | Business English


time-consuming
adjective
uk /ˈtaɪmkənˌsjuːmɪŋ/us
taking a lot of time to do or complete:
Commuting by car nowadays is much more time-consuming than it used to be.
Employment tribunals are time-consuming and expensive.
a time-consuming process/task/job

Examples of time-consuming


time-consuming
Considering the time-consuming procedure used in adaptive control,13 this paper presents an efficient way for multi-input system's hysteresis decision to avoid any singularity.
Until recently, locating research or useful practical advice about multilingualism and language learning was a very time-consuming endeavor.
Although it would be time-consuming to undertake, an analysis of such cases might throw light upon the circumstances in which he preferred the reiterated note.
They found that higher-dimensional splines offered significant improvements over standard discretization methods (although for dimensions higher than three, their algorithms are still very time-consuming).
These stochastic estimation procedures are, however, quite time-consuming due to the large number of simulations required to obtain accurate estimates of the parameters.
He enjoyed the latter task, but was occasionally involved in some time-consuming wrangles over money and clashes of personality.
This transient assay allows rapid functional tests and is not dependent on the fastidious and time-consuming generation of stably transformed wheat plants.
Thus, the prototype machine did not have a usable interface which meant experimentation was time-consuming and error-prone.
I have already mentioned above that some of the artwork is not aligned properly and makes it somewhat time-consuming to study metrical derivations.
Training was costly, time-consuming and inherently risky, since a new skill could quickly become obsolete or fail to attract sufficient work to merit the investment.
This method is not only costly, but requires comprehensive, time-consuming data interpretation.
Breeding for perennial species is a time-consuming, laborious task, and the release of suitable cultivars is still perhaps 25 years away.
The process of producing a rendering from such a detailed model is painful and time-consuming.
Currently, however, the processes for obtaining research governance approval are often poorly organized and time-consuming, and may threaten the feasibility of multi-centre research studies.
Many supplementary published writings, especially brief news and travel reports from nineteenth-century newspapers and journals, are rarely quoted because they are time-consuming to trace.
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