red-tape

英['redt'eɪp] 美['redt'eɪp]
  • adj.官样文章的;繁文缛节的
  • howler n.嚎叫的人或动物;大错误;滑稽可笑的错误
  • red adj.红色的n.红色
名词 red tape:
  1. needlessly time-consuming procedure

    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。