How to say 'Doing X is taking a long time/forever' in Chinese?
How to say 'Doing X is taking a long time/forever' in Chinese?

For example: It's taking forever.
Writing this essay is taking a long time.
The chicken is taking forever to cook.
Sorry I'm not there yet. Walking there is taking a long time.

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How to say 'Doing X is taking a long time/forever' in Chinese?
How to say 'Doing X is taking a long time/forever' in Chinese?

For example: It's taking forever.
Writing this essay is taking a long time.
The chicken is taking forever to cook.
Sorry I'm not there yet. Walking there is taking a long time.

Answer

中文的动词很少有时态的，doing有两个意思，要么是正在做，要么是将要做，有时候翻译不一定要把每个词都翻译过来的。你的几个例句，就是（将）要的意思吧！

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花费很长时间做……

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耗费太多时间做一件事/耗费毕生精力做一件事

中文和英语大多数情况语序是倒的，你翻译的时候就先说"taking a long time/forever",再说"Doing X"

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It's taking forever.
一輩子   終身   終生   畢生   百年   一生   一生一世   百世   萬世   永世 …
視 IT 擇合適者使用
終其一生 窮畢生之力

Writing this essay is taking a long time.
寫小論文得花很長的時間

The chicken is taking forever to cook.
禽鳥肉烹煮甚耗時間 (更正後)

Sorry I'm not there yet. Walking there is taking a long time.
抱歉 我還沒到  走到那兒還得花很長的時間

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你可以说做某件事情太耗时了。

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