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Bureaucracy System State Government Complicated Bjʊəˈrɒkrəsi Noun Large

bureaucracy refers to an administrative system run by many officials, or the complex rules and procedures within such a system that can cause delays. It can also refer to the officials themselves.

Bureaucracy refers to an administrative system run by many officials, or the complex rules and procedures within such a system that can cause delays. It can also refer to the officials themselves.

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/bjʊrɒ̱krəsi/
1
[N-COUNT 可数名词]官僚制度 A bureaucracy is an administrative system operated by a large number of officials.
  [usu pl]
  • 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 不可数名词]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.
  [disapproval]
  • 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。


Oxford bur·eau·cracy / bjʊəˈrɒkrəsi ; NAmE bjʊˈrɑːkrəsi / noun ( plural bur·eau·cracies ) 1 [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 2 [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 living in a modern bureaucracy 生活在一个现代官僚体制中 bureaucracy bureaucracies bur·eau·cracy / bjʊəˈrɒkrəsi ; NAmE bjʊˈrɑːkrəsi /
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bureaucracybu‧reauc‧ra‧cy /bjʊəˈrɒkrəsi $ bjʊˈrɑː-/ ●○○ noun (plural bureaucracies)
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1[uncountable] a complicated official system that is annoying or confusing because it has a lot of rules, processes etcred tape:  the reduction of unnecessary bureaucracy2[countable, uncountable] the officials who are employed rather than elected to do the work of a government, business etc
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bureaucracy

[bjʊəˈrɒkrəsi]

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官僚(75%),官僚主义(22%),官僚制度(3%)
n.官僚主义;官僚机构;官僚政治

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