英语单词 | bureaucratic |
---|---|
英美音标 | 英 [ˌbjʊərə'krætɪk] 美 [ˌbjʊrə'krætɪk] |
中文释义 | adj.官僚的;繁文缛节的 |
英语例句 | (1) We pardon bureaucratic officials and endure bad deeds of security staff. (2) In this manner the reformists who have outlived their own day work for the fascists along bureaucratic lines. |
中文例句 | (1) 我们原谅官僚的习性,容忍治安人员的恶行恶状。 (2) 这样,这班早该死去的改良主义者们就沿着官僚的路线为法西斯服务了。 |
vocabulary简明 | Anything bureaucratic has to do with the business of running an organization — usually not in a very efficient manner. |
vocabulary扩展 | If there are bureaucrats or a bureaucracy involved, go ahead and call it bureaucratic. This adjective is used in a negative sense to describe a person or organization more concerned with following procedures than being guided by common sense. Bureaucratic things usually involve loads of paperwork and nonsensical rules, otherwise known as "red tape" — a connection that originated in the 17th century when official documents were bound together with actual red tape. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]官僚式的;官僚主义的 Bureaucratic means involving complicated rules and procedures which can cause long delays. [usu ADJ n]
|
Learn with these flashcards. Click next, previous, or up to navigate to more flashcards for this subject.
Next card: Long standing long-standing 英 美 adj.长久的;经久不衰的 opposition plan firm
Previous card: V phrase 短语 [v-link [informal 非正式 prep-phrase 短语介词
Up to card list: 17641 COCA words