bureaucracy
noun /bjʊəˈrɒkrəsi/
/bjʊˈrɑːkrəsi/
(plural bureaucracies)
- [uncountable] (often disapproving) 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
官僚主义；官僚作风 - unnecessary/excessive bureaucracy
不必要的官僚式繁文缛节；过分的官僚作风 - We need to reduce paperwork and bureaucracy in the company.
我们需要减少公司的文书工作和官僚作风。
Topics Politicsc1- The organization has promised to eliminate unnecessary bureaucracy.
该组织已承诺消除不必要的规章制度。 - Family doctors have suffered from increasing bureaucracy.
家庭医生饱受官僚作风日益严重之苦。 - She is initiating a project to eliminate unnecessary bureaucracy.
她正发起一项计划，清除不必要的官僚作风。 - Small businesses fear that complying with the code will lead to excessive bureaucracy and costs.
小企业担心遵守准则会导致过度的官僚主义和成本。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- cumbersome
- excessive
- unnecessary
- …
- cut
- eliminate
- reduce
- …
- unnecessary/excessive bureaucracy
- [uncountable, countable] a system of government in which there are a large number of state officials who are not elected; a country with such a system
官僚体制；实行官僚体制的国家 - the power of the state bureaucracy
国家官僚体制的权力 - We are living in a modern bureaucracy.
我们生活在现代官僚体制中。
Topics Politicsc1- The local bureaucracy was not pleased by the new proposals.
当地的官僚机构对新提议不满意。 - Many people believed that the state bureaucracy was corrupt.
许多人认为国家官僚体制很腐败。 - Many of these states have large public bureaucracies of civil servants.
许多州都有庞大的公务员公共机构。 - He had considerable influence over the top levels of the vast bureaucracy.
他对庞大官僚机构的高层有相当大的影响力。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- huge
- large
- massive
- …
- the power of the state bureaucracy
词源early 19th cent.: from French bureaucratie, from bureau, originally ‘baize’ (used to cover writing desks), from Old French burel, probably from bure ‘dark brown’, based on Greek purros ‘red’.