bureaucracy

noun

1. 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
2. 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

1. N-COUNT 官僚制度
   A bureaucracy is 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。
2. N-UNCOUNT 官僚作风；官僚主义
   Bureaucracy refers 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。

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。
2. 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。
3. He also conveyed his views and the views of the bureaucracy.
   他也表达了自己的看法和官方的看法。
4. Bureaucracy can entangle ventures for months
   官僚体制会使风险投资搁置好几个月。
5. They are faced with a mountain of bureaucracy
   他们面对一大堆繁文缛节。
6. They're making efforts to streamline their normally cumbersome bureaucracy
   他们正努力精简本来繁冗复杂的官僚体制。
7. 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。
8. The masses won't go for bureaucracy.
   对于官僚主义，群众是不买账的。
9. Bureaucracy may be said as a disease in our very vitals.
   官僚主义可说是我们的心腹之患。
10. Their overbearing bureaucracy and their self-satisfied airs are really more than one can stand.
    他们那种神气十足的官僚架子实在叫人吃不消。
11. He tried to penetrate the layers of bureaucracy.
    他设法打通了层层官僚关节。
12. The bureaucracy has become ossified.
    官僚主义已变得僵化。
13. 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。
14. 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。
15. Bureaucracy is a hotbed for bribery and corruption.
    官僚主义是贿赂和腐败的温床。
16. I hate to deal with the university's bureaucracy.
    我讨厌和学校的官僚打交道。
17. 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。
18. I had scored a beat on bureaucracy!
    我竟然打败了官僚机构！
19. 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。
20. Rough terrain and local bureaucracy are obstacles to drawing capital.
    崎岖的地形和地方官僚主义作风，构成了吸引资金的障碍。
21. I would be ground down between the Congress and the increasingly assertive bureaucracy.
    我将被国会和日益武断的官僚机构压挤得透不过气来。
22. The main causes of this are bureaucracy and isometric struggles against competition.
    主要的肇因是官僚系统和各种角力对竞争的阻碍。
23. Bureaucracy remains a major and widespread problem in the political life of our party and state.
    官僚主义现象是我们党和国家政治生活中广泛存在的一个大问题。
24. He blames Brazilian bureaucracy for this set-back.
    他责怪巴西的官僚主义造成了这种阻碍。
25. 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。
26. Religion, to me, is a bureaucracy between man and God that I don't need.
    对我来说，宗教是介于人与上帝之间的官僚机构，那是我不需要的。
27. 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。
28. The information revolution, and particularly the internet, is having a noticeable impact in reducing bureaucracy.
    信息革命，尤其是互联网，对减少官僚主义产生了显著的影响。
29. Nevertheless, the troubles of the war had produced psychological and material strains within Chiang's governing bureaucracy.
    然而，战争的种种麻烦问题，还是在蒋家官僚统治机构内部，造成了心理上和物质上的紧张。
30. Will it undermine our Party's prestige if we criticize our own subjectivism, bureaucracy and sectarianism?
    我们自己来批评自己的主观主义、官僚主义和宗派主义，这会不会使我们的党丧失威信呢？

noun

1. any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape

2. a government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective officials

3. nonelective government officials

   Synonym:    bureaucratism