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time-consuming adj.耗费时间的 (1) 学习期间可能耗费时间，而且令人灰心。(2) 进度表应该显示相对整个过程所耗费时间的进度，而不是相对整个过程规模的进度。

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英 [taɪm kən'sjuːmɪŋ] 美 [taɪm kən'suːmɪŋ] (1) This learning period can eat up time and cause frustration.(2) The meter should show the progress relative to the total time the process will consume rather than the total size of the process. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]耗时的；费时的 If something is time-consuming, it takes a lot of time.   [oft it v-link ADJ to-inf]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。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。

英语单词	time-consuming
英美音标	英 [taɪm kən'sjuːmɪŋ] 美 [taɪm kən'suːmɪŋ]
中文释义	adj.耗费时间的
英语例句	(1) This learning period can eat up time and cause frustration. (2) The meter should show the progress relative to the total time the process will consume rather than the total size of the process.
中文例句	(1) 学习期间可能耗费时间，而且令人灰心。 (2) 进度表应该显示相对整个过程所耗费时间的进度，而不是相对整个过程规模的进度。
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]耗时的；费时的 If something is time-consuming, it takes a lot of time. [oft it v-link ADJ to-inf] 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。 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。

Time Consuming Time Taɪm Total 英 Kən'sjuːmɪŋ] 美 Kən'suːmɪŋ Adj.耗费时间的