red-tape

英 ['redt'eɪp] 美 ['redt'eɪp]

• adj. 官样文章的；繁文缛节的

英英释义

名词 red tape:

1. needlessly time-consuming procedure

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. English bureaucracy seems to have swathed in red tape at its birth.
   英国的官僚机构看来从诞生之日起就受官样文章的束缚。
2. The PWA was mired in red tape.
   公共工程管理局陷于官样文章的困境之中。
3. I heard that English bureaucracy seems to have been swathed in red tape at its birth.
   我听说英国的官僚机构从诞生之日起就受到繁文缛节的束缚。