be time-consuming

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In addition, training people to understand and consistently apply a classification can be time-consuming.
此外，培训人们去理解和一致地应用一种分类是很费时的。
Installing and maintaining these applications on each user's desktop, though, can be time-consuming and expensive.
但是，在每个用户的桌面上安装和维护这些应用程序非常耗费时间，成本很高。
Removing the namespace from the XML document by preprocessing it with an XSLT might be an option, but doing so might be time-consuming.
利用一个 XSLT 对 XML 文档进行预处理以删除其中的名称空间也是一种解决方案，但是这样做可能比较费时间。

A DNA-based vaccine wouldn't have to be grown in chicken eggs, doing away with the time-consuming and finicky manufacturing process of the current flu vaccine.
And frankly it would be incredibly time-consuming and tedious for me, to count this room full of people old school style-- 1, 2, 3 and so forth.
坦白说，按学校的老办法一个人一个人的数,1个，2个，3个……,对我来说极其费时费力。
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