| 单词 | time-consuming |
| 释义 | time-consuming adjective uk/ˈtaɪm.kənˌsjuː.mɪŋ/us/ˈtaɪm.kənˌsuː.mɪŋ/C1 A time-consumingtasktakesa lot oftimeto do: 耗费时间的；旷日持久的Producing adictionaryis a very time-consumingjob.编字典是件很费时间的工作。 Lasting for a long time
time-consuming| Business Englishtime-consuming adjective uk/ˈtaɪmkənˌsjuːmɪŋ/ustaking a lot oftimeto do orcomplete: Commuting bycarnowadaysis much more time-consuming than it used to be. Employmenttribunalsaretime-consuming andexpensive. atime-consumingprocess/task/job Examplesoftime-consumingtime-consuming Considering thetime-consumingprocedure used in adaptive control,13 this paper presents an efficient way for multi-input system's hysteresis decision to avoid any singularity. From theCambridge English Corpus Until recently, locating research or useful practical advice about multilingualism and language learning was a verytime-consumingendeavor. From theCambridge English Corpus Although it would betime-consumingto undertake, an analysis of such cases might throw light upon the circumstances in which he preferred the reiterated note. From theCambridge English Corpus They found that higher-dimensional splines offered significant improvements over standard discretization methods (although for dimensions higher than three, their algorithms are still verytime-consuming). From theCambridge English Corpus These stochastic estimation procedures are, however, quitetime-consumingdue to the large number of simulations required to obtain accurate estimates of the parameters. From theCambridge English Corpus He enjoyed the latter task, but was occasionally involved in sometime-consumingwrangles over money and clashes of personality. From theCambridge English Corpus This transient assay allows rapid functional tests and is not dependent on the fastidious andtime-consuminggeneration of stably transformed wheat plants. From theCambridge English Corpus Thus, the prototype machine did not have a usable interface which meant experimentation wastime-consumingand error-prone. From theCambridge English Corpus I have already mentioned above that some of the artwork is not aligned properly and makes it somewhattime-consumingto study metrical derivations. From theCambridge English Corpus Training was costly,time-consumingand inherently risky, since a new skill could quickly become obsolete or fail to attract sufficient work to merit the investment. From theCambridge English Corpus This method is not only costly, but requires comprehensive,time-consumingdata interpretation. From theCambridge English Corpus Breeding for perennial species is atime-consuming, laborious task, and the release of suitable cultivars is still perhaps 25 years away. From theCambridge English Corpus The process of producing a rendering from such a detailed model is painful andtime-consuming. From theCambridge English Corpus Currently, however, the processes for obtaining research governance approval are often poorly organized andtime-consuming, and may threaten the feasibility of multi-centre research studies. From theCambridge English Corpus Many supplementary published writings, especially brief news and travel reports from nineteenth-century newspapers and journals, are rarely quoted because they aretime-consumingto trace. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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