Anything else is a bonus, but the amount of time and money absorbed by this show into a packed and frantic four days for exhibitors has become all-consuming.

其它的活动都是为此锦上添花，不过，对制造商而言，花大量的时间与金钱所铸就的四天展览是非常值得的。

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To be sure, if I had the money to pay for Teresa to attend an international school, I probably would not have opted for such a time-consuming method.

诚然，如果我有钱送泰丽莎去国际学校上学，恐怕就不会选择这种耗时的教育方式。

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People have been dragged, since the 1980s, into a time-consuming nationwide money-making competition.

从上世纪80年代起，人们就逐步身不由己地卷入了一场长时间的全民赚钱大竞赛。

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