Too much time was spent discussing tangential issues.

太多时间花在了讨论那些无关紧要的问题。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

He tried hiring more salesmen to push his radio products, but they took too much time to learn the ropes.

他试图雇佣更多的销售员来推销无线电产品，但那些人用了太多时间熟悉门道。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

I'm afraid moving all those boxes will take up too much time.

恐怕搬这些箱子会占用太多时间。

youdao

Too much time inside the house using a computer or watching television can cause someone to get cabin fever.

VOA: special.2010.03.28

It decreases. If you're still not completely up on the periodic trends, that is stuff that's going to be on the first exam, so make sure that you're able to do this without taking too much time to think about it.

它会降低，如果你还没有完全掌握周期性规律，而这是第一次考试要求的内容，因此请务必做到不用,想太久就能做到这点。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

I mean parties are fun, but there's not too much time to party, not too much time for study.

我是说派对很有意思，但是我们没有很多时间去玩，也没有很多时间去学习。

派对很好玩 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Conspirators who push the whole Obama birther thing similarly have too much time on their hands.

FORBES: More Questions Of Koch Brothers' Fingers In Scott Walker's Wisconsin Pie As 'Jason' Identity Revealed?

Today, women executives skip their husbands' gatherings because it takes too much time away from family.

FORBES: Magazine Article

"We really don't spend too much time worrying what you guys are speaking about, " he said.

WSJ: Tortorella Press Conference Etiquette 101