red tape

英 [ˌred ˈteɪp]

美 [ˌred ˈteɪp]

n. 繁文缛节; 官僚作风

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牛津词典

noun

繁文缛节；官僚作风
official rules that seem more complicated than necessary and prevent things from being done quickly

N-UNCOUNT 繁文缛节;官僚作风
You refer to official rules and procedures asred tapewhen they seem unnecessary and cause delay.
1. The little money that was available was tied up in bureaucratic red tape.
  能用的那点儿小钱被繁文缛节拖得遥遥无期。

noun

The little money that was available was tied up in bureaucratic red tape.
能用的那点儿小钱被繁文缛节拖得遥遥无期。
Red tape has delayed the progress of our program.
官僚作风延迟了我们计划的进展。
The Australian joint venture have be hold up by government red tape.
澳大利亚的合资企业由于政府的繁文缛节而被耽搁。
The application have be hold up by red tape.
申请被官僚的繁文缛节所耽搁。
The government has taken a lot of measures to cut through red tape and improve work efficiently.
政府已经采取了很多政策来去除繁文缛节和提高工作效率。
I simply want to get things done immediately. you'd better cut the red tape.
我只是想马上把事情办妥，你们的那套繁文缛节最好还是免了吧。
In only around 20 countries has the total duration of dealing with 'red tape' gone up.
只有大约20个国家处理这些繁文缛节的总时长有所增加。
New ways to cut through red tape.
通过新的方式打破繁文缛节。
They focus merely on tax cuts and slashing red tape.
他们只着眼于在减税和简化官方繁文缛节。
Before I want to play I saw a row in front of me little girl was working personnel department on the red tape, so she stood in bamboo stage looked at below suddenly she stood there can't jump.
还没有等我想玩我就看见一个排在我前面的小女孩被工作人员系上了红带子，她站到竹台上望着下面忽然她站在那里不敢跳了。