bureaucracy

英 [bjʊəˈrɒkrəsi]

美 [bjʊˈrɑːkrəsi]

n.  官僚主义; 官僚作风; 官僚体制; 实行官僚体制的国家

复数：bureaucracies　

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牛津词典

noun

• 官僚主义；官僚作风
  the system of official rules and ways of doing things that a government or an organization has, especially when these seem to be too complicated
  1. unnecessary/excessive bureaucracy
     不必要的官僚式繁文缛节；过分的官僚作风
• 官僚体制；实行官僚体制的国家
  a system of government in which there are a large number of state officials who are not elected; a country with such a system
  1. the power of the state bureaucracy
     国家官僚体制的权力
  2. living in a modern bureaucracy
     生活在一个现代官僚体制中

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 官僚制度
  Abureaucracyis an administrative system operated by a large number of officials.
  1. State bureaucracies can tend to stifle enterprise and initiative.
     国家的官僚体制往往会扼杀人们的事业心和积极性。
• N-UNCOUNT 官僚作风；官僚主义
  Bureaucracyrefers to all the rules and procedures followed by government departments and similar organizations, especially when you think that these are complicated and cause long delays.
  1. People usually complain about having to deal with too much bureaucracy.
     人们经常抱怨不得不应付太多的繁文缛节。

英英释义

noun

• any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape
• a government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective officials
• nonelective government officials
  Synonym:bureaucratism

双语例句

• Bureaucracy can entangle ventures for months
  官僚体制会使风险投资搁置好几个月。
• Bureaucracy and corruption still exist to varying degrees in many sectors.
  在不少环节上还不同程度存在官僚主义和腐败现象。
• In some organizations bureaucracy and politics overshadow constructive logic.
  在一些组织中，官僚主义和政治遮蔽了建设性的逻辑。
• Bureaucracy is a hotbed for bribery and corruption.
  官僚主义是贿赂和腐败的温床。
• His firm must contend with the unwieldy Russian bureaucracy.
  他的公司必须与俄罗斯庞大的官僚机构周旋。
• He represented himself as a hard-working, self-made small businessman victimized by mindless, bullying bureaucracy.
  他把自己说成是一个勤勤恳恳、自食其力的小商人，深受冷酷无情、扶强欺弱的官僚机构所害。
• I had scored a beat on bureaucracy!
  我竟然打败了官僚机构！
• Professional partnerships can benefit from Neptune's creativity and ability to maneuver through bureaucracy and red tape.
  专业的伙伴关系可以受益于海王星的创造力和机动能力，通过官僚作风和繁文缛节。
• Privatisation and other economic reforms are impeded by a secretive, Soviet-style bureaucracy.
  政府的阴谋和苏维埃式的官僚作风也让私有化与其它经济改革屡屡受阻。
• It has relaxed visa requirements, cut back bureaucracy, and is offering subsidies for big foreign investors.
  该国放宽了签证要求，削减了官僚程序，并向外国大型投资者提供补贴。